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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Bird and Chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kotori)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Small Bird and Chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kotori)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 37.5 x 12.9 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil:YA532/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Kichô omou

Thoughts on an Exotic Bird

Taihô no/takaki kokoro no/kimi yue ni/ukimi o sasai/yori mo tsukarezu

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: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

Identification

State

Bogel remarks that the collection has another impression (.2) with wood grain in blue shading in lower left.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.217.1

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Small Bird and Chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kotori), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 37.5 x 12.9 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.217.1

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