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Utagawa Hiroshige

Tree Sparrows and Japanese Morning Glories (Asagao ni suzume), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Tree Sparrows and Japanese Morning Glories (Asagao ni suzume)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with gauffrage

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • gauffering

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ōban): 12.1 x 17.9 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Hiroshige ga
Seal: Ichiryūsai (artist)

Poem:
Asagao no/akarenu sono hi/sono hi kana
朝顔の あかれぬその日 その日かな

The morning glories/are out today! The morning/glories bloom today!

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.067

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Kacho-ga II

Related

Utagawa Hiroshige

Cricket and Morning Glories (Asagao ni kôrogi), 1830s

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