Catalog record · 目録番号 24391
Evening with full moon and bats flying over irregular wood stacked in a timberyard
Print by Utagawa Hiroshige, 歌川広重 (Utagawa HIROSHIGE) (1879)
Catalog note / 解説
Evening with full moon and bats flying over irregular wood stacked in a timberyard. A well known print. One third block, 9.75 x 5 in; 25 x 12.5 cms. The only complete uncut example seems to be that illustrated in Four Hundred Ukiyoe Woodblock Prints From The Museum Of Art, Rhode Island School Of Design, 1990, no. 167, which shows the companion prints to be butterflies and wild grasses and tuna and white radish. Hiroshige designed another bat print, otherwise it?s a rare subject for ukiyoe. Ex collection Paul-Louis de la Noe, 1879-1919, ( an acquaintance of the Goncourt brothers, Bing and Hayashi ). Published c late 1830s. Fine impression. Very good colour and condition. Signed Hiroshige hit…
Image record / 画像情報
KRUML · 1879 · kruml
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