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Utagawa Hiroshige

Great tit and wisteria (Fuji ni shijukara), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō, Japanese, publisher

Title

Great tit and wisteria (Fuji ni shijukara)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 36.8 x 12.9 cm (14 1/2 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Place

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.259

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

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