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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Camellia, Edo Period

Maker

  • Maruya Jinpachi 丸屋甚八
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Java Sparrow and Camellia

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Aitanzakuban: 33.9 x 11.3 cm (13 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 見たよふな 落鳥てはなし 赤椿
Translation: The red camellia, insouciant of the bird descending

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 甚 Jin (Maruya Jinpachi); Censor's seal: 田中 Tanaka (Tanaka Heijirō)

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.144

Java Sparrow and Camellia

Inscription Text/Poem: 見たよふな 落鳥てはなし 赤椿
Translation: The red camellia, insouciant of the bird descending

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 甚 Jin (Maruya Jinpachi); Censor's seal: 田中 Tanaka (Tanaka Heijirō)

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