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Utagawa Hiroshige

Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendō), Japanese, publisher
  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at left.

[text and poems]
Yo no naka no (translates to) All the world's concern

yokohaba shiranu (translates to) with the horizontal plane

tsubame* kana (translates to) is lost on swallows

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.053

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Related

Utagawa Hiroshige

Barn Swallows above Waves (Nami ni tsubame), mid 1840s

Utagawa Hiroshige

Barn Swallows and Wisteria (Fuji ni tsubame), 1840's

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