Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese Green Woodpecker and Loquats (Biwa ni kitsutsuki)

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

Japanese Green Woodpecker and Loquats (Biwa ni kitsutsuki)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 19.2 x 12.9 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Kitsutsuki ya/Sakino no miya no/torii yori
From the gate to Sakino Shrine-a green woodpecker

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.061

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
Japanese Green Woodpecker and Loquats (Biwa ni kitsutsuki), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 19.2 x 12.9 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.061

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