Edo prints
Originally published in 1768.
Special effects: embossing (karazuri) on the white kimono of the standing lady.
Artist’s signature in left print area:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
春 | haru | spring | |
信 | shin | faith | Picture by |
画 | ga | picture | Harunobu |
Print title in top right area of the print:
Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
角 | sumi | spring | |
田 | ta | rice paddy | |
川 | kawa | river | |
落 | raku | spring | Homing geese |
雁 | gan | spring | on the Sumida river |
Followed by the poem:
koete koshi mine wa amata no kumoji yori Sumida ga hara ni otsuru karigane |
They cross in passage countless peaks on their pathway through the clouds, whence now on fields at Sumida they alight - the wild crying geese. |
References
Provenance: Fuji Arts