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Utagawa Hiroshige

Golden pheasant and ferns (Warabi ni kinkei), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Golden pheasant and ferns (Warabi ni kinkei)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.8 x 12.7 cm (14 7/8 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right: EGR315=R124 Box 5[text and poems] Fumitagau (translates to)Blundering into michi ya warabi no (translates to)a path where tasty grasses take takashi(translates to)manage to grow tall (trans. Marks in Bogel)Please note translation changed from Bogel:Fumitagau/michi ya warabi no/take takashi I stumble onto a path where ferns grow tallWarabi is a season word (kigo) for spring.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1242

Related

Utagawa Hiroshige

Golden Pheasant and Western Brackfern (Warabi ni kinkei), 1830's

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