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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Lake Biwa with Fishing Boats
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Lake Biwa with Fishing Boats

Artist Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
CultureJapanese
Date1830s
MediumWoodblock
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (21.6 x 33.7 cm)
Overall: 10 1/4 x 15 in. (26 x 38.1 cm)
InscribedSignature does not correspond to Hillier or Strange. On front of board mount: "Lake Biwa, Fishing Boats, and Flight of Wild Geese. By Hiroshige 1st."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Hoge Tyler
Object number61.83.35
Not on view
DescriptionColor woodblock print of Lake Biwa with fishing boats & a wedge of wild geese. Mountains and a village in the background. Commercial reproduction?

Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige
1830s
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige
1826-1869
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.
Utagawa (Andō) Hiroshige
1826-1869