Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875
Title
Parrot on a Flowering Branch
Period
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Dimensions
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Ōtanzakuban: 37.5 x 16.7 cm (14 3/4 x 6 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)
Seals: Publisher's seal: 佐野喜 板 Sanoki han (Sanoya Kihei); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame Identification
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Edition
Early impression on thick paper; unusual use of orange pigment on feathers of bird; Bogel notes this second edition of the same design in Rockefeller Collection published by Sanoya Kihei (ex coll. Blanchard, sold American Art Galleries, 1916) Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.275.1 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (1717-1875
Edo, Japan), publisher
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