Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Great Tit and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni shijûkara), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Title
Great Tit and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni shijûkara)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
color, ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 33.7 x 11.3 cm (13 1/4 x 4 7/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Poem: Kaidô ya/sakite chirumade/hitoneburi Before they drop/aronia blossoms/take a napThe flowers of the aronia face downward so they look as if they are taking a nap. The poem could also mean a napping courtesan.
Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | unread, Publisher's seal | Sanoya Kihei
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.141
About
Great Tit and Flowering Crabapple (Kaidô ni shijûkara)
Poem: Kaidô ya/sakite chirumade/hitoneburi Before they drop/aronia blossoms/take a napThe flowers of the aronia face downward so they look as if they are taking a nap. The poem could also mean a napping courtesan.
Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | unread, Publisher's seal | Sanoya Kihei
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
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