No. 28, Nagakubo, c. 1835-1838
Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Iseya Riheiexpand_more
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
Bequest of Richard P. Galeexpand_more 74.1.276
Not on Viewexpand_more
This moonlit view of a river is from one of Hiroshige's famous landscape series. A different edition without mountains in the background is also known. As deletion of compositional elements in a design typically suggests a later edition, this print, which includes mountains in the background, is regarded as an earlier edition. The later edition, however, features a blue gradation encircling the moon-an element missing in this version. Such a specialized and labor-intensive addition is highly unusual in the later edition. Therefore, it is possible that the two editions were produced around the same time.
Details
- Title
- No. 28, Nagakubo
- Artist Life
- 1797 - 1858
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 74.1.276
- Curator Approved
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