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Maker(s):Hiroshige
Culture:Japanese
Title:Geese Homing at Katata, No. 6 from the Eight Views of Lake Biwa
Date Made:ca. mid 1830's
Type:Print
Materials:woodcut printed in color on paper
Place Made:Japan
Measurements:sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 in.; 24.765 x 35.56 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Poem upper left of image. English translation by Binyon in Stewart, "After crossing many a mountain range, the wild geese alight at Katata for a while, soon to continue their flight to northern Koshiji."
Accession Number:  SC 1968.435
Credit Line:The Margaret Rankin Barker - Isaac Ogden Rankin Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker (Margaret Clark Rankin, class of 1908)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Boats returning to shore at dusk, geese flying in a V formation above; mountains in distance

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