Bats Under a Full Moon
Utagawa Hiroshige
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Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Bats Under a Full Moon, ca. 1840. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 x 5in. (25.4 x 12.7cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert Sistrunk, 75.123. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Bats Under a Full Moon
Date
ca. 1840
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Classification
Dimensions
10 x 5in. (25.4 x 12.7cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige-ga (lower right)
Inscriptions
Poem: Kōmori ya / yami ni ikururu / hane no iro (蝙蝠や 闇に生るゝ 羽の色 鳥酔)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Sistrunk
Accession Number
75.123
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