Image
Utagawa Hiroshige
Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume), 1830's
Description
Maker
- Wakasaya Yoichi, Japanese, publisher
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Title
Tree Sparrows and Camellia in Snow (Setchû tsubaki ni suzume)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print with embossing
Materials/Techniques
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
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.
Place
Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.288.1
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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