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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 33 x 11 cm (13 x 4 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Take no haru/momiji no aki no/matare keri*

The bamboo in spring--/tinted with the crimson stains/of fall's maple leaves

Signature: Signed below | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ryûsai; censor's seal | Tanaka Heishirô | above signature

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.166

About

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)

Poem:
Take no haru/momiji no aki no/matare keri*

The bamboo in spring--/tinted with the crimson stains/of fall's maple leaves

Signature: Signed below | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ryûsai; censor's seal | Tanaka Heishirô | above signature

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

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume) with the accession number of 34.166. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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