Image
Description
Title
Sparrows, rock doves (Murasuzume hato)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
Plate: 23.3 x 37.3 cm (9 3/16 x 14 11/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription UR.
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Aya no Orinuchi and Sono no Kocho
Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album
Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
38.012
About
Sparrows, rock doves (Murasuzume hato)
A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
Inscription UR.
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Aya no Orinuchi and Sono no Kocho
Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album
Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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