Object number1987.21.17
Descending Geese at Hirakata
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Eight Views of Kanazawa
Datec. 1840
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重)
(Japanese, 1797-1858)
Publisher
Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
(Japanese, 1843 - 1865)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e): ink on rice paper
DimensionsSheet (Horizontal oban): 9 1/16 x 14 3/16 in. (23 x 36 cm)
Credit LineGift of Celia Faulkner Clevenger, class of 1958
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c (Edo Period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed upper left, in block: 広重画 (Hiroshige ga)
InscribedOn recto, inscribed upper center edge, in block: 金沢八景 (Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazaka Hyakkei)
On recto, inscribed upper left off center, in block: 平潟落雁 (Descending Geese at Hirakata (Hirakata rakugan)
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