Wild Cherry and Swallows
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Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Wild Cherry and Swallows, ca. 1830s. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 13/16 x 5 1/8 in. (37.7 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis V. Ledoux, 41.470. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Wild Cherry and Swallows
Date
ca. 1830s
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Classification
Dimensions
14 13/16 x 5 1/8 in. (37.7 x 13 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige hitsu
Inscriptions
Poem: When twilight deepens, home to the sheltering hills, gather the swallows. (山の端に 乙鳥をかへす 入日哉)
Markings
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarō (Shōgendō). Censor's seal: kiwame.
Credit Line
Gift of Louis V. Ledoux
Accession Number
41.470
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