Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.172

Bush warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

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

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