Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Bird and Chrysanthemums, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Small Bird and Chrysanthemums

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 36.9 x 12.4 cm (14 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 寄鳥想 Kichō omou Thoughts on an Exotic Bird
大鵬の　たかき心の　君ゆへに　うきみてさゝゐ　よりもつかれす
Translation: He is a great lord with a mind that flies as high as that of the roc, so he will have none of me, who dare not fly very high.;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

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

Identification

Edition

Version with wood grain in blue shading lower left

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.217.2

Small Bird and Chrysanthemums

Version with wood grain in blue shading lower left

Inscription Text/Poem: 寄鳥想 Kichō omou Thoughts on an Exotic Bird
大鵬の　たかき心の　君ゆへに　うきみてさゝゐ　よりもつかれす
Translation: He is a great lord with a mind that flies as high as that of the roc, so he will have none of me, who dare not fly very high.;

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

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

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

Exhibition History

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