Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendō), Japanese, publisher
Title
Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
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Dimensions
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Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription at left.
[text and poems]
Yo no naka no (translates to) All the world's concernyokohaba shiranu (translates to) with the horizontal plane
tsubame* kana (translates to) is lost on swallows
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.053
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