Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Preparatory drawings: Titmouse on plum branch; Mandarin ducks under snow-laden bamboo, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Preparatory drawings: Titmouse on plum branch; Mandarin ducks under snow-laden bamboo

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.7 x 17.6 cm (15 1/4 x 6 15/16 inches) Mat size: D

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: うら若き　梅をくゝりて　四十雀　春をさかさに　こすこゝちせむ　年垣真春

おく霜の　上にも雪を　かさね着て　きれば　着寒と　をし鳥のなく　年垣真春
Translation: Little titmouse twisting on the plum branch glowing with youth wants to be upside down when the New Year arrives.

A layer of frost and a cover of snow slowly deepening We will melt away cry the mandarin ducks;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Deisgner's seal: 歌川 Utagawa, ヒロ Hiro

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.296

Preparatory drawings: Titmouse on plum branch; Mandarin ducks under snow-laden bamboo

Inscription Text/Poem: うら若き　梅をくゝりて　四十雀　春をさかさに　こすこゝちせむ　年垣真春

おく霜の　上にも雪を　かさね着て　きれば　着寒と　をし鳥のなく　年垣真春
Translation: Little titmouse twisting on the plum branch glowing with youth wants to be upside down when the New Year arrives.

A layer of frost and a cover of snow slowly deepening We will melt away cry the mandarin ducks;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Deisgner's seal: 歌川 Utagawa, ヒロ Hiro

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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