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
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 37.5 x 12.9 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil:YA532/[Japanese Characters]
Poem:
Kichô omouThoughts 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
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State
Bogel remarks that the collection has another impression (.2) with wood grain in blue shading in lower left. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.217.1 Type
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Tombstone
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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