Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (37.4 x 25.5 cm) (image)14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (37.4 x 25.5 cm) (sheet)

Creation Place:

Asia, Japan

Culture:

Asia, Japan

Style:

19th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

Banri ni hito minami ni saruSanshun ni kari kita ni tobu My friend is leaving for the south ten thousand miles away. Geese are heading north for the whole spring months through.Haku Kyoi (Bo Juyi 772-846), not wrtitten on the printfrom Wakanro_eishu_ vol.1, Autumn*It is part of a famous farewell poem followed by a well-known phrase;"I don't know how many years they(geese) will be gone. They, as well as my friend may not be able to come back."Dr. N. Hayashi, Oct. 2007 Censor:kiwamePublisher:Jo_kin(Jo_shu_ya Kinzo_)

Physical Description:

nishiki-e

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Louis W. Hill Jr.

Accession Number:

P.75.51.557

Artist:

Hiroshige Utagawa, Japanese, 1797 - 1858

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1797 - 1858

Artist:

Kinzo_ Jo_shu_ya

Role:

Publisher

Nationality:

Japanese

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

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14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (37.4 x 25.5 cm) (image)14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (37.4 x 25.5 cm) (sheet)