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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Ibaya Sensaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (Japanese, ca. 1815-1875), publisher

Title

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume)
Collected flowers of the four seasons
Shiki no hanazukushi

Period

Edo Period

Year

1843-1847

Medium

polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 21.6 x 28.6 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above.
[text and poems]
Kantsubaki/kazoe awasete/sakase keri
Winter camellias in bloom-add them up

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's emblem | Ibaya Sensaburo; censor's seal | Watanabe

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.304

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

The Art of the Fan

Uchiwa-e in Japanese Prints

Dec 07, 2001 – Mar 03, 2002

Label copy

Camellia (tsubaki, or camellia japonica) blossoms in the late winter or early spring, just around the season of the New Year. In this print, Hiroshige has chosen to emphasize its endurance in a season of unpredictable and snowy weather.

Spring Blossoms

Seasonal Japanese Prints

Mar 10, 1999 – Jun 06, 1999

Spring Blossoms

Mar 17, 1995 – Jun 11, 1995

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Ibaya Sensaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (Japanese, ca. 1815-1875), publisher

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume); Collected flowers of the four seasons; Shiki no hanazukushi, 1843-1847

Polychrome woodblock print

Image: 21.6 x 28.6 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches)

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.304

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