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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Surugaya Sakujiro
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 23 x 29.8 cm (9 1/16 x 11 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai; censor's seal | Watanabe Shoemon ~ round

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.331

About

Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai; censor's seal | Watanabe Shoemon ~ round

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Pines in the Snow

December 13, 1996 - March 2, 1997

Beauty in Hand

June 1 - August 18, 1990

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume) with the accession number of 34.331. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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