Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Maruya Jinpachi (Japanese), publisher

Title

Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Dimensions

Image: 33 x 11.3 cm (13 x 4 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Oki gokoro/ne gokoro/ume no nisan nichi

For a few days the plum in bloom affects one, waking or going to sleep

The beauty of the newly blooming plum arrests one's eye and its fragrance one's sense of smell.

Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | Tanaka Heijirô; publisher's seal | Maruya Jinpachi; other seal | illegible

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.172

Type

Image use

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Public Domain 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 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Maruya Jinpachi (Japanese), publisher
Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu), 1843-1847
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 33 x 11.3 cm (13 x 4 7/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.172

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