Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher
Title
Parrot on a Flowering Branch (Kaidô ni inko)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 37.5 x 16.7 cm (14 3/4 x 6 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Hiroshige hitsu
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) Place
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Japan; Edo (Japanese period)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.275.1
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
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