Image
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
Jay, boreal owl (Kashidori fukuro), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Title
Jay, boreal owl (Kashidori fukuro)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Plate: 23.5 x 37 cm (9 1/4 x 14 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription at UL.
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Oya no Urazumi and Shingoken Birin
Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album
Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
38.006
About
Jay, boreal owl (Kashidori fukuro)
A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
Inscription at UL.
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Oya no Urazumi and Shingoken Birin
Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album
Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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