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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume), Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Ibaya Sensaburō 伊場屋仙三郎

Title

Sparrow and winter camellias (Kantsubaki ni suzume)

Year

Edo 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

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

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
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