Returning Sails at Yabase (Yabase no Kihan), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei)
ca. 1834
Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando)
Japanese, 1797-1858
Asian Art
Toyoharu, founder of the Utagawa school, created a single-sheet treatment of the Eight Views of Ōmi Province in the 1770s, taking his inspiration from the Chinese tradition of depicting scenic areas with strong literary associations. Hiroshige produced many series based on this model, depicting the area around Lake Biwa. This horizontal series is one of his most celebrated and includes a popular poem in the square cartouche that remarks on the beauty of the boats returning to Yabase with full sails.
- Maker/Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando)
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Color woodblock print on paper
- Locations
- Place made: Japan
- Period
- Edo Period
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (23.2 x 35.7 cm) Image: 8 15/16 x 13 15/16 in. (22.6 x 35.3 cm)
- Inscribed
- Poem: Maho kakete/ Yabase ni kaeru/ fune wa ima/ uchide no hama o/ ato no oikaze (真帆かけて 八橋にかへる 船はいま うち出のはまを あとの追風)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 39.586
- Credit Line
- Frank L. Babbott Fund
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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