Image
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
Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 35.1 x 11.6 cm (13 13/16 x 4 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem: Kara bito no/kuse o kononde/take ni made/akaki kokoro o/utsusu edakumi In admiration of/the ways of the Chinese,/this printing process/carries a feeling for red/even into the bamboo (trans. Marks in Bogel)Poem signed by Hachijintei and with red kao (cursive monogram). Amsterdam (Hiroshige), pp. 16-17 states that Hiroshige designed a series of kachô-e for the poet Hachijintei of which 34.259, 34.229 and 34.220 are other examples. Marks notes that the word kara, the character used to mean Tang China, is associated with karakurenai, Chinese red. [notations] jûssai Tonarime (ten year-old Tonarime) above round censor's seal kiwame and oblong publisher's seal; see Bogel entry for explanation of neighbor girl who designed the sparrow; poem signed Hachijintei and with red kao (cursive monogram)Red square stamp partially visible verso, bottom right.
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu; Signed at right | Jûssai Tonarime
Seals: Artist's seal | Hiroshige; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô); censor's seal | kiwame Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.213.2 Type
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Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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