Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
Swallows, pheasant (Tsubame kiji), Edo (Japanese period)
Title
Swallows, pheasant (Tsubame kiji)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
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
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
38.005
Swallows, pheasant (Tsubame kiji)
A myriad of birds compared with kyoka poems (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
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
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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