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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period

Maker

  • Tsujiya Yasubei 辻屋安兵衛
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Sparrow and Bamboo

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Monochrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Monochrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Ōtanzakuban: 37.1 x 17.3 cm (14 5/8 x 6 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 辻安 Tsujiyasu (辻屋安兵衛 Tsujiya Yasubei); Censor's seals: 村田 Murata, 米良 Mera; Collector's seal: わか井をやぎ Wakai wo yagi (若井兼三郎 Wakai Kenzaburō)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.283

Sparrow and Bamboo

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 辻安 Tsujiyasu (辻屋安兵衛 Tsujiya Yasubei); Censor's seals: 村田 Murata, 米良 Mera; Collector's seal: わか井をやぎ Wakai wo yagi (若井兼三郎 Wakai Kenzaburō)

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

The Lure of Ink

March 6 - July 5, 2009

Bird-and-Flower Prints

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Kacho-ga II

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