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Utagawa Hiroshige

Bird and maple branch (Kaede ni kotori), 1840's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Bird and maple branch (Kaede ni kotori)

Year

1840's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 33.5 x 11.6 cm (13 3/16 x 4 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Tobu tori no/?aru tomo kokaro?/momiji kana
Birds fly amongst the deep autumnal tints of maples

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.249

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Bird and maple branch (Kaede ni kotori) with the accession number of 34.249. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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