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  • Vertical composition showing a bird with blue, orange and yellow plumage and a long, arched tail, bent forward amid sparse dark grass.
  • 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

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Golden Pheasant and Western Blackfern

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban 35.9 x 12.5 cm (14 1/8 x 4 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 踏たかふ 道や蕨の 丈高し
Translation: Blundering into / a path where tasty grasses / manage to grow tall
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988);

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal | 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: R705

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.231

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Golden Pheasant and Western Blackfern, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Chūtanzakuban 35.9 x 12.5 cm (14 1/8 x 4 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.231

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