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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Long-tailed Bird and Plum (Ume ni tori)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher

Title

Long-tailed Bird and Plum (Ume ni tori)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

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.

Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Yûsai; publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô); censor's seal | kiwame; other seal to right of poem | ôatari (big hit)

Identification

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

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.290

Type

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
Long-tailed Bird and Plum (Ume ni tori), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing
Image: 37.8 x 17.8 cm (14 7/8 x 7 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.290

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