Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)
Title
Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
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
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.053
Sparrows and willows in rain (Uchu no take ni suzume)
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
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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