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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Title

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

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

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.304

About

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

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art of the Fan

December 7, 2001 - March 3, 2002

Spring Blossoms

March 10 - June 6, 1999

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

Use

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