Object number1975.9.c
Catching Fireflies along the Uji River in Yamashiro Province
Date1861
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(Japanese, 1786-1864)
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (二代目歌川広重)
(Japanese, 1826-1869)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (Oban): 14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (37 x 25 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Louise Woodruff Johnston, class of 1922, Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c (Edo Period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed in block lower right: 豊国画 (Toyokuni ga)
InscribedOn recto, in block upper right: 山城宇治川蛍狩之図 (Catching Fireflies by the Uji River in Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro Ujikawa hotarugari no zu)
MarkingsOn recto, in block lower left, publisher's seal: 森治 (Moriji)
On recto, in block upper lower left, censor's seal: Chicken 8 aratame; 改印：酉八改
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY SECOND SIGHT: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object January 14-April 10, 2005
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