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Utagawa Hiroshige

Bullfinch and blossoming aronia (Kaido ni uso), 1830's

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

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.5 x 16.8 cm (14 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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 me

The 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

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.285.2

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Spring Blossoms

March 10 - June 6, 1999

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Bullfinch and blossoming aronia (Kaido ni uso), 1830's

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