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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great Tit and Mountain cherry (Yamazakura ni shijûkara), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Great Tit and Mountain cherry (Yamazakura ni shijûkara)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 34.1 x 11.4 cm (13 7/16 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Yamazakura/ikitsuku made no/nioi kana
I smelled the wild cherries even before I reached them

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.177.1

About

Great Tit and Mountain cherry (Yamazakura ni shijûkara)

Poem:
Yamazakura/ikitsuku made no/nioi kana
I smelled the wild cherries even before I reached them

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

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

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great Tit and Mountain Cherry (Yamazakura ni shijûkara), Edo (Japanese period)

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Great Tit and Mountain cherry (Yamazakura ni shijûkara) with the accession number of 34.177.1. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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