Image
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
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 35.9 x 12.5 cm (14 1/8 x 4 15/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem:Fumitagau/michi ya warabi no/take takashi Blundering into/a path where tasty grasses/manage to grow tall (trans. Marks in Bogel)Please note transliteration changed from Bogel:Fumitakau/michi ya warabi no/take takashi I stumble onto a path where ferns grow tallWarabi is a season word (kigo) for spring.Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: R705
Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.231
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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