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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher

Title

Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Materials

color, ink

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 38.1 x 17.3 cm (15 x 6 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in pencil: YH474/[Japanese Characters]

Poem at right:
The crow fights with the kite over food;
The sparrows dispute over nests,
You stand alone beside the pond
On a windy snowy evening

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Utagawa; publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô)

Identification

State

Bogel entry remarks that this is the second state with falling snow and blue sky area (see 34.288.2 for fine impression of first state with uniform grey ground also on thick paper). The flaw in the block to right of poem indicates that the same block was used for both states. There is embossing on the breasts of the sparrows. A third state also with grey background has the emblem of the publisher Sanoya Kihei.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.288.1

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Kacho-ga II
Jan 22, 1989

Related Objects

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume), Edo Period

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing
Image: 38.1 x 17.3 cm (15 x 6 13/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.288.1

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