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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

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Prints

Exhibition History

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

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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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