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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia (Mokuren ni bunchô), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia (Mokuren ni bunchô)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.6 x 12.9 cm (14 13/16 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

K344/34.341 Clear label affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in ink: Certified/[Illegible script]/Genuine

Poem:
Omoshiroki/sakura no ato ya/mokurenge*

Extraordinary!/After the cherry blossoms,/the magnolias bloom

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.222.2

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia (Mokuren ni bunchô)

K344/34.341 Clear label affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in ink: Certified/[Illegible script]/Genuine

Poem:
Omoshiroki/sakura no ato ya/mokurenge*

Extraordinary!/After the cherry blossoms,/the magnolias bloom

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

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

Exhibition History

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Korean nightingale and magnolia, Edo (Japanese period)
In a tall vertical frame a small brown bird looks upward at a fading blue sky from a thin brown branch with pale blossoms and dark green leaves.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia, Edo Period
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