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

Chūtanzakuban: 37.4 x 13 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 唐人の　酒を好て竹にまて /
あかきこゝろを写す絵工　八陣亭
Translation: A Chinese man, fond of wine, lingers even among bamboo
an artist who paints with a red heart. Hachijintei

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige); Signed at right: 十菜隣女 Jūssai Tonarime

Seals: Designer's seal: 廣重 Hiroshige; Publisher's seal: 正栄堂 Shōeidō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Label: White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YA532/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Kara bito no/kuse o kononde/take ni made/akaki kokoro o/utsusu edakumi

In admiration of/the ways of the Chinese this printing process/carries a feeling for red/even into the bamboo

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.213.1

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo

Inscription Text/Poem: 唐人の　酒を好て竹にまて /
あかきこゝろを写す絵工　八陣亭
Translation: A Chinese man, fond of wine, lingers even among bamboo
an artist who paints with a red heart. Hachijintei

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige); Signed at right: 十菜隣女 Jūssai Tonarime

Seals: Designer's seal: 廣重 Hiroshige; Publisher's seal: 正栄堂 Shōeidō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Label: White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YA532/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Kara bito no/kuse o kononde/take ni made/akaki kokoro o/utsusu edakumi

In admiration of/the ways of the Chinese this printing process/carries a feeling for red/even into the bamboo

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