Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛 (Japanese, ca. 1686–1886 in Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

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

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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

Signature: unsigned

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiroshige; publisher's seal | Sen'ichi

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.053

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛 (Japanese, ca. 1686–1886 in Edo, Japan), publisher
Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.053

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