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  • A brightly colored bird with blue and orange feathers perched on a gray grapevine with clusters of berries and large leaves against a yellow background besides a block of calligraphy.
  • A brightly colored bird with blue and orange feathers perched on a gray grapevine with clusters of berries and large leaves against a yellow background besides a block of calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Parrot and Grapevine

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Parrot and Grapevine

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 37.4 x 12.7 cm (14 3/4 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 墨妙自知能鮮醒 酔餘揮灑不勝清 如何盛徳金盤上 嚼砧垂々黒水精
Translation: Calligraphy has its own way of determining sobriety, One who is drunk cannot make the brush run clean, It matters not if you use golden sheets, It is, in short, the soul of black water;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.223

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989

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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

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Parrot and Grapevine, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Chūtanzakuban: 37.4 x 12.7 cm (14 3/4 x 5 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.223

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