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Utagawa Hiroshige

Nightingale, plum and moon, 1840's-1850's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Nightingale, plum and moon

Year

1840's-1850's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 17.1 x 15.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription[text and poems] Uguisu ya(translates to) The voice of the nightingale koto shi mo koe no/furukarazu (translates to) fresh again this year 34.150 K 271; 34.198; 34.477/K165 [Kobayashi typo mu for zu at end of poem]

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.477A

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

December 31, 1999 - March 19, 2000

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Mandarin ducks and chrysanthemums, 1840's-1850's

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