Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Parrot and Grapevine, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Parrot and Grapevine

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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)

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.223

Parrot and Grapevine

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)

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

Exhibition History

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