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Utagawa Hiroshige

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume), 1843-1847

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Ibaya Sensaburo, 19th century, Japanese, publisher

Title

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.304

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art of the Fan

December 7, 2001 - March 3, 2002

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

March 10 - June 6, 1999

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume) with the accession number of 34.304. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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