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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great tit and cherries, Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Great tit and cherries

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wood block print

Techniques

  • wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Koban: 23 x 16.9 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left:M[DC] [Illegible Characters] [text and poems]Mizakura no (translates to) Cherry trees are bearing fruit Yamato kawachi to/narishi kana (translates to) in Nara and OsakaYamato kawachi is the area of Nara and Osaka. The verb "naru" means to become or to bear.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.339

Great tit and cherries

Inscription verso, bottom left:M[DC] [Illegible Characters] [text and poems]Mizakura no (translates to) Cherry trees are bearing fruit Yamato kawachi to/narishi kana (translates to) in Nara and OsakaYamato kawachi is the area of Nara and Osaka. The verb "naru" means to become or to bear.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Place Made: Japan
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