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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bird and Loquats

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875

Title

Bird and Loquats

Period

Edo Period

Year

1832-35

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Ōtanzakuban: 37.7 x 17.3 cm (14 13/16 x 6 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 緑鄂経春開籠日　黄金満樹入筺時
Translation: The day green sepals burst from confinement in bamboo shoots, The time when gold fills the trees and is placed in the basket;
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seals: 喜霍堂版 Kikakudō han, 佐野屋 Sanoya (Sanoya Kihei ); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil:X2520/[Japanese Characters]

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.282

Type

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Hiroshige
Selections from the Collection
Mar 07, 2003 – Jun 01, 2003

Label copy

This reverse image simulates a Chinese rubbing made after a design engraved in stone. The unusual printing technique seems to have been popular in Hiroshige’s day.

Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993
Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875
Edo, Japan), publisher
Bird and Loquats, 1832-35
Polychrome woodblock print (aizuri-e)
Ōtanzakuban: 37.7 x 17.3 cm (14 13/16 x 6 13/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.282

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