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Utagawa Hiroshige

Java Sparrow and Camellias (Tsubaki ni bunchô), 1830's

Description

Maker

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

Title

Java Sparrow and Camellias (Tsubaki ni bunchô)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 38.6 x 13 cm (15 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Wakasama ni/mizukobu shigeri/hana tsubaki

Brimming with youth,/you splash out all your water-/camellia flower!

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.237

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Java Sparrow and Camellias (Tsubaki ni bunchô) with the accession number of 34.237. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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