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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

Swallows, pheasant (Tsubame kiji)

Description

Maker

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806)
Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 (Japanese, 1750 - 1797), publisher

Title

Swallows, pheasant (Tsubame kiji)
A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1790

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 22.9 x 37.2 cm (9 x 14 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscriptions at left and in LR.
[text and poems]
Kyoka (light verse) poems by Sakezuki no Komendo and Kiri Hitoha

Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro | within album

Seals: Artist's seal ~ within album | Utamaro

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

38.005

Type

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Tombstone

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806)
Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 (Japanese, 1750 - 1797), publisher
Swallows, pheasant (Tsubame kiji); A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems (Momo chidori kyoka awase), ca. 1790
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 22.9 x 37.2 cm (9 x 14 5/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 38.005

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