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Utagawa Hiroshige

Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko), 1830's

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

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.2 x 16.5 cm (14 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

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

Japan; Edo (Japanese period)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.276

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

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Pheasant on snow-covered pine (Yukimatsu ni kiji), 1830's

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