Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher
Title
Bullfinch and blossoming aronia (Kaido ni uso)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 37.5 x 16.8 cm (14 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left: 469
[text and poem]
Chinese poem which can be translated:
Under the gorgeous flowers I forget to return home;
the spring wind encourages me to drink from the wine casks in front of meThe poet has used a rhetorical device in which some of the characters of the two lines have opposite meanings to the character placed opposite them.
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.285.2
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
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