Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketSwallows and Peach BlossomsSize: 40.0cm by 18.0cm (15.75 in by 7.09 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Ando Hiroshige Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: Description: Two swallows prepare to land on a branch of a peach blossom tree in this ō-tanzaku by Hiroshige. The flowers are just about to bloom, and the illustration perfectly conveys the promising feeling of the start of spring. The poem reads: "Spring has come and/peach blossoms float in all the streams/how impossible to determine where utopia is" (translation by the RISD Museum). Beautiful kara-zuri blind-embossing has been used to signify the texture of feathers on the bodies of the swallows. This print is published by Adachi. There are a few slight creases at the upper part of this print. Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (100) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (17) contemporary (16) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (69) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (15) Yoshida family prints (56) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (70) kacho-e (48) yakusha-e (16) landscape (149) bijin-ga (102) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (32) books (5) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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