Image
Description
Maker
- Wakasaya Yoichi, Japanese, publisher
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Title
Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 37.2 x 16.5 cm (14 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription UL.
Chinese poem:
The pine tree after an eternity
of frosts followed by dews,
Shows a thousand years of color
deep in snow Identification
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Edition
Bogel entry cites an earlier impression with yellow ground published in UTK and a variant with gradated blue ground and block differences in the pine published in Gale catalogue (see refs. below). 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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34.276
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
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