Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great tit and wisteria (Fuji ni shijukara), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Great tit and wisteria (Fuji ni shijukara)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Shoeido; censor's seal | kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.259

Great tit and wisteria (Fuji ni shijukara)

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

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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