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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bird and loquats (Biwa ni kotori)

Description

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 (Biwa ni kotori)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seals | Kikakudo han ~ red cartouche | Sanoya ~ red gourd-shaped; censor's seal | kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.282

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

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

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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 (Biwa ni kotori), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 37.5 x 17 cm (14 3/4 x 6 11/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.282

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