Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Parrot on a Flowering Branch, Edo Period
Title
Parrot on a Flowering Branch
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
Ōtanzakuban: 37.5 x 16.7 cm (14 3/4 x 6 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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
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)
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.275.1
Parrot on a Flowering Branch
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)
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
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Exhibition History
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