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Flying Geese and Full Moon, from the series Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan rôeishû)

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
about 1842–43 (Tenpô 13–14)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.6 cm (14 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1224
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsChinese poem by Wei Chengqing 韋承慶 (Wakan rôeishû #317) 「万里人南方 三春雁北来 不知何歳月 得与汝同帰」
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)