Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Title
Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume)
Year
1843-1847
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 37 x 12.9 cm (14 9/16 x 5 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left: MIC-3-5 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom right: MOC [Japanese Characters]
Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobuGently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle
Identification
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State
See Bogel entries for this example and 34.171 for the differences between the two states. This is the earlier state with finer printing and coloration and lacking the moon and darker blue ground. Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.170
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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