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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Crested Bird and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Crested Bird and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni kotori)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print with embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Yotsugiriban: 12.2 x 18.2 cm (4 13/16 x 7 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Kaidô ya/haru wo shizumete/saki ni keri

They call it "sea pear,"/and it submerges the spring/when it comes in bloom

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai | at right

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.038

Crested Bird and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni kotori)

Poem:
Kaidô ya/haru wo shizumete/saki ni keri

They call it "sea pear,"/and it submerges the spring/when it comes in bloom

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai | at right

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

Exhibition History

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Spring Blossoms

March 10 - June 6, 1999

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995
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