Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (1794 - 1846, Edo, Japan), publisher
Title
Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow
Period
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Ōtanzakuban: 37 x 17.5 cm (14 9/16 x 6 7/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription Text/Poem: 烏鳶争食雀争巣 独立池辺風雪多
Translation: While crows and kites fight for scraps, and sparrows quarrel over nests,/
You stand alone beside the pond, as wind and snow fall thick.
(Translation from Zimo Yang, 2025 Mellon Summer Intern)Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)
Seals: Designer's seal: 歌川 Utagawa; Publisher's seal: 若林堂 Jakurindō (若狭屋与市 Wakasaya Yoichi); Collector's seal at lower right: 林 忠正 Hayashi Tadamasa
Identification
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Edition
Note in Bogel remarks on the quality of impression and embossing, calling this the first state of the print with uniform grey ground applied before the embossing to flowers. There is additional embossing on the birds. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.288.2 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (1794 - 1846, Edo, Japan), publisher
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