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Utagawa Hiroshige

Bird and loquats (Biwa ni kotori), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher

Title

Bird and loquats (Biwa ni kotori)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 37.5 x 17 cm (14 3/4 x 6 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:X2520/[Japanese Characters]

[text and poems]
Ryoku gaku jun o hete ro o hiraku (translates to) The day green sepals burst from confinement
no hi (translates to) in bamboo shoots
Ogon ko ni michite hako ni iruru (translates to) The time when gold fills the trees and is
no toki (translates to) placed in the basket

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.282

Projects & Publications

Publications

Designed for Pleasure

The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Hiroshige

March 7 - June 1, 2003

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

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

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