Sailing Boats Returning to Yabase, Lake Biwa
Maho hikite
Yabashi ni kaeru
Fune wa ima
Uchide no hama wo
Atono no oikaze
The boats that come
with swelling sails to
Yabase have been chased
by the wind along
the coasts of Uchide.
Yabashi ni kaeru
Fune wa ima
Uchide no hama wo
Atono no oikaze
The boats that come
with swelling sails to
Yabase have been chased
by the wind along
the coasts of Uchide.
Artwork Details
- 近江八景之内 矢橋帰帆
- Title: Sailing Boats Returning to Yabase, Lake Biwa
- Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1835
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 9 9/16 x 14 in. (24.3 x 35.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
- Object Number: JP55
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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