Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Two blue birds and magnolia; bird and roses (Mokuren ni kotori; bara ni kotori), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Two blue birds and magnolia; bird and roses (Mokuren ni kotori; bara ni kotori)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 33.7 x 11.3 cm (13 1/4 x 4 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label with blue border affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in ink: 20818/[Japanese Characters?]/Hiroshige

Inscription at left and above
[text and poems]
The outlines of the poems are degraded and consequently illegible. The top poem is apparently about the perfume of the magnolia. The second concerns open roses.

Signature: Both signed | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai | top; publisher's seal | Kawasho | bottom

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.253

About

Two blue birds and magnolia; bird and roses (Mokuren ni kotori; bara ni kotori)

White rectangular label with blue border affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in ink: 20818/[Japanese Characters?]/Hiroshige

Inscription at left and above
[text and poems]
The outlines of the poems are degraded and consequently illegible. The top poem is apparently about the perfume of the magnolia. The second concerns open roses.

Signature: Both signed | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai | top; publisher's seal | Kawasho | bottom

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Use

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