Live Auction 19017Japanese and Korean Art
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Lot 93 JAPANESE PRINTS FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Swallows and budding wild cherry

Closed22 September 2020

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Swallows and budding wild cherry
Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige hitsu, sealed Ichiryusai, published by Kawaguchi Shozo (Eisendo), circa 1835
Chutanzaku: 14 5/8 x 5 ¼ in. (37.1 x 13.3 cm.)

Specialist note

The poem has been translated by John T. Carpenter: Yama no ha ni/ tsubame wo kaesu/ irihi kana: "The setting sun—/ over the mountain ridge/ sends the swallows home (go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60028123). A second edition is known published by Fujihiko, see Cynthea J. Bogel and Israel Goldman, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, (New York, 1988), cat. no. 9.