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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bush Warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher

Title

Bush Warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1840s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

33.6 x 11.4 cm (13 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Uguisu ya/koto shi mo koe no/furukarazu The familiar sound of the nightingale/fresh again this year34.150 K 271; 34.198; 34.477

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai ; publisher's seal | Sanoya Kihei

Identification

Edition

Traces of another print which was printed on the same sheet as this image and then cut appears on the left edge.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.198

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher
Bush Warbler and Plum (Ume ni uguisu), 1840s
Polychrome woodblock print
33.6 x 11.4 cm (13 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.198

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