Image
Utagawa Hiroshige
Small Bird and Chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kotori), 1830's
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Kawaguchiya Shōzō, Japanese, publisher
Title
Small Bird and Chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kotori)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
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Dimensions
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Image: 37 x 12.2 cm (14 9/16 x 4 13/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Red square stamp verso, bottom right corner.
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.
Identification
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Edition
Version with wood grain in blue shading lower left Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.217.2
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