Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 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)

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1879
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
1167 × 2286 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

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…

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