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  • Two small brown birds with dense black spots and ruffled feathers stand on a grassy slope besides deep blue water, beneath tall red flowers and an orange sky.
  • Two small brown birds with dense black spots and ruffled feathers stand on a grassy slope besides deep blue water, beneath tall red flowers and an orange sky.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Quail and Poppies

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Quail and Poppies

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Dimensions

Image: 36.5 x 12.7 cm (14 3/8 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 秋の夢見てや 啼たす麦鶉
Translation: Do quail cry because they dream of autumn?

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seals: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame;

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.230

Type

  • Prints

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Quail and Poppies, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Image: 36.5 x 12.7 cm (14 3/8 x 5 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.230

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