Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko), Edo Period

Maker

Title

Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 十八公栄霜後露　一千年色雪中深
Translation: The pine tree after an eternity of frosts followed by dews,
shows a thousand years of color deep in snow;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige);

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai; Publisher's seal: 若林堂 Jakurindō (若狭屋与市 Wakasaya Yoichi); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.276

Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko)

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).

Inscription Text/Poem: 十八公栄霜後露　一千年色雪中深
Translation: The pine tree after an eternity of frosts followed by dews,
shows a thousand years of color deep in snow;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige);

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai; Publisher's seal: 若林堂 Jakurindō (若狭屋与市 Wakasaya Yoichi); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)

Exhibition History

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