Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Ōyotsugiriban: 18 x 12.1 cm (7 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 日落風清竹樹林 一樽飛閣秘敞秋陰
Translation: The sun goes down, a breeze cools the bamboo grove
I have a drink in autumnal seclusion in my high tower
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (川口屋正蔵 Kawaguchiya Shōzō)

Marks: On verso, at bottom right: [2]886 39

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.058

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo

Inscription Text/Poem: 日落風清竹樹林 一樽飛閣秘敞秋陰
Translation: The sun goes down, a breeze cools the bamboo grove
I have a drink in autumnal seclusion in my high tower
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (川口屋正蔵 Kawaguchiya Shōzō)

Marks: On verso, at bottom right: [2]886 39

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989
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