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Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no Kihan), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Toyoharu, founder of the Utagawa school, created a single-sheet treatment of the Eight Views of Ōmi Province in the 1770s, taking his inspiration from the Chinese tradition of depicting scenic areas with strong literary associations. Hiroshige produced many series based on this model, depicting the area around Lake Biwa. This horizontal series is one of his most celebrated and includes a popular poem in the square cartouche that remarks on the beauty of the boats returning to Yabase with full sails.

Caption

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no Kihan), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei), ca. 1834. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (23.2 x 35.7 cm) Image: 8 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (22.6 x 35.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.586. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no Kihan), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei)

Date

ca. 1834

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Color woodblock print on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (23.2 x 35.7 cm) Image: 8 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (22.6 x 35.3 cm)

Signatures

Hiroshige ga (広重画)

Inscriptions

Poem: Maho kakete/ Yabase ni kaeru/ fune wa ima/ uchide no hama o/ ato no oikaze (真帆かけて　八橋にかへる　船はいま　うち出のはまを　あとの追風)

Markings

Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) Seal: Hoyeido

Credit Line

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Accession Number

39.586

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Artists and makers

Utagawa Hiroshige

176 works in the collection