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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Small Bird and Silky Wisteria (Yamafuji ni kotori)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Small Bird and Silky Wisteria (Yamafuji ni kotori)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1840s

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 34.4 x 11.4 cm (13 9/16 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Yamafuji no/kimama o mitaru/shidare kana
Weeping wild wisteria, I see your self-indulgence

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.209

Type

  • Prints

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Small Bird and Silky Wisteria (Yamafuji ni kotori), 1840s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 34.4 x 11.4 cm (13 9/16 x 4 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.209

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