Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Title
Great tit and wisteria (Fuji ni shijukara)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan
Dimensions
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Image: 36.8 x 12.9 cm (14 1/2 x 5 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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White rectangular label with red border affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in ink: #1309
[text and poems] Murasaki o (translates to) Like a purple cloth
somuru konya no (translates to) dyed and spread upon a frame
mokari hodo (translates to) in the dyer's shop,
nokiba ni taruru (translates to) so this wisteria branch
fuji no hanabira (translates to) hangs its petals on my eaves
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Shoeido; censor's seal | kiwame Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.259 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related Objects
Related Objects
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Tombstone
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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