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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Bird and Mountain Cherry (descriptive)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)

Title

Small Bird and Mountain Cherry (descriptive)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

32.9 x 6.8 cm (12 15/16 x 2 11/16 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Hana saki te/ukiyo ni kaze wa/nakari keri

In this transient world/cherries blossom/when the wind is still

The poem plays on the Buddhist concept of transient world (ukiyo) and the Edo-period floating world (ukiyo) with its cherry blossoms/courtesans.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; censor's seal | Watanabe Shôemon

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.116

Type

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Small Bird and Mountain Cherry (descriptive), 1843-1847
wood block print
32.9 x 6.8 cm (12 15/16 x 2 11/16 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.116

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