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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Golden pheasant and ferns (Warabi ni kinkei), Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Golden pheasant and ferns (Warabi ni kinkei)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem
Translation: Blundering into a path where ferns grow tall

*warabi is a seasonal word for Spring.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Ichiryusai

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom right: EGR315=R124 Box 5

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1242

Golden pheasant and ferns (Warabi ni kinkei)

Inscription Text/Poem
Translation: Blundering into a path where ferns grow tall

*warabi is a seasonal word for Spring.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Ichiryusai

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom right: EGR315=R124 Box 5

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Vertical composition showing a bird with blue, orange and yellow plumage and a long, arched tail, bent forward amid sparse dark grass.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Golden Pheasant and Western Blackfern, Edo Period
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