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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

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

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

Exhibition History

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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