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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yellow Canary and Camellia (Tsubaki ni kanaria)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese), publisher

Title

Yellow Canary and Camellia (Tsubaki ni kanaria)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

mid 1840s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Plate: 34.6 x 7.3 cm (13 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[Notations] Inscribed in pencil verso, lower left: BV1437/ [Illegible Japanese Characters]

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.096

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yamashiroya Jinbei (Japanese), publisher
Yellow Canary and Camellia (Tsubaki ni kanaria), mid 1840s
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 34.6 x 7.3 cm (13 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.096

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