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Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Golden Pheasant and Western Brackfern (Warabi ni kinkei)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: R705

Poem:
Fumitagau/michi ya warabi no/take takashi

Blundering into/a path where tasty grasses/manage to grow tall

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.231

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

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Utagawa Hiroshige

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

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