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Utagawa Hiroshige

Long-tailed Bird and Plum (Ume ni tori), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Wakasaya Yoichi, Japanese, publisher
  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Long-tailed Bird and Plum (Ume ni tori)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.8 x 17.8 cm (14 7/8 x 7 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: 1712; in a later hand verso, bottom right: [No.] 217/15.22

Poem:
Hito ume dokusen tenka haru.

One solitary early plum blossom/And the whole world has spring.

Identification

State

First state.

Edition

Bogel entry remarks that the Rockefeller collection exchanged a second-edition print published by Sanoya Kihei for this one.

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.290

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Use

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