Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (1794 - 1846, Edo, Japan), publisher
Title
Long-tailed Bird and Plum
Period
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Ōtanzakuban: 37.8 x 17.9 cm (14 7/8 x 7 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription Text/Poem: 一樹独先天下春
Translation: One solitary early plum blossom, And the whole world has spring;
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)
Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai; Publisher's seal: 若林堂 Jakurindō (若狭屋与市 Wakasaya Yoichi); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame; other seal to right of poem: 大当 ōatari (big hit)
Marks: On verso, at bottom left: 1712, at bottom right: [No.] 217/15.22
Identification
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State
First state.Edition
Bogel entry remarks that the Rockefeller collection exchanged a second-edition print published by Sanoya Kihei for this one. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.290 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (1794 - 1846, Edo, Japan), publisher
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