Descending Geese at Hirakata

Details

• Title

  Descending Geese at Hirakata

• Series

  Eight Views of Kanazawa

• Artist/maker

  Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)

• Associated people

  Koshimuraya Heisuke (1843 - 1865) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1835 - 1839

• Material and technique

  nishiki-e (full colour) woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 40.6 x 55.7 cm (height x width)
  sheet 23.1 x 35.4 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4323

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