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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White-naped Crane and Tartarian Asters (Shion ni manazuru)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

White-naped Crane and Tartarian Asters (Shion ni manazuru)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 36.8 x 12.7 cm (14 1/2 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem
The Chinese poem concerns a crane which has come to wash its white feathers in the stream but is bothered by the thorny plants. Other birds should be surprised by a bird that just swoops down, dirties the water and then, poof!, flies away again, but they are unconcerned.

Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; censor's seal | kiwame; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.228

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
White-naped Crane and Tartarian Asters (Shion ni manazuru), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 36.8 x 12.7 cm (14 1/2 x 5 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.228

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