Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Great tit and cherries, Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Maker
Title
Great tit and cherries
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Koban: 23 x 16.9 cm (9 1/16 x 6 5/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left:M[DC] [Illegible Characters] [text and poems]Mizakura no (translates to) Cherry trees are bearing fruit Yamato kawachi to/narishi kana (translates to) in Nara and OsakaYamato kawachi is the area of Nara and Osaka. The verb "naru" means to become or to bear.
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Place
Place Made: Japan
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.339
About
Great tit and cherries
Inscription verso, bottom left:M[DC] [Illegible Characters] [text and poems]Mizakura no (translates to) Cherry trees are bearing fruit Yamato kawachi to/narishi kana (translates to) in Nara and OsakaYamato kawachi is the area of Nara and Osaka. The verb "naru" means to become or to bear.
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Place Made: Japan
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