Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
Goshawk, thick-billed shrike (Taka mozu), Edo Period
Title
Goshawk, thick-billed shrike (Taka mozu)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Plate: 23.3 x 37.3 cm (9 3/16 x 14 11/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription above
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Akamatsu Kinkei [compiler of the anthology] and Hyakkisai
Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album
Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
38.008
Goshawk, thick-billed shrike (Taka mozu)
A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
Inscription above
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Akamatsu Kinkei [compiler of the anthology] and Hyakkisai
Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album
Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Publications
Exhibition History
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