Sunset at Seta
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Ando Hiroshige (aka Hiroshige),
Japanese,
(1797–1858)
Sunset at Seta, c. 1834
Ink on Paper
8 15/16 in. x 13 7/8 in. (22.7 cm x 35.24 cm)
Sunset at Seta, c. 1834
Ink on Paper
8 15/16 in. x 13 7/8 in. (22.7 cm x 35.24 cm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Edo (Japan, 1615-1868)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Stanley Johnson
Accession Number:
2000.1.37
Alternate Title:
Omi hakkei no uchi: Seta no sekisho
Full Title:
Eight Views of Omi [Lake Biwa]: Sunset at Seta
Commentary
Binyon's translation of the poem in the cartouche reads: "Soft and fitful rain passes far away over the mountains; the evening light streams along the Bridge of Seta."
Marks
Signed Hiroshige; publisher's seal.
Medium
Colored ink on paper; woodblock print; oban yoko-e.
Object Description
19th century Japanese color woodblock print depicting a bird's eye view of the long Seta Bridge running right across the lake from the village at the foot of Ishiyama; in the background rises the peak of the lesser Fuji (not the Fuji as sometimes erroneously described) into a beautiful orange sky. Poem: "Soft and fitful rain passes far away over the mountains; the evening light streams along the Bridge of Seta."
Publisher
Hoeido/Eikyudo.
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