Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Parrot on a Flowering Branch (Kaidô ni inko), Edo Period
Description
Title
Parrot on a Flowering Branch (Kaidô ni inko)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 37.5 x 16.7 cm (14 3/4 x 6 9/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Sanoya Kihei (Sanoki han); censor's seal | kiwame
Identification
Edition
Early impression on thick paper; unusual use of orange pigment on feathers of bird; Bogel notes this second edition of the same design in Rockefeller Collection published by Sanoya Kihei (ex coll. Blanchard, sold American Art Galleries, 1916)
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.275.1
About
Parrot on a Flowering Branch (Kaidô ni inko)
Early impression on thick paper; unusual use of orange pigment on feathers of bird; Bogel notes this second edition of the same design in Rockefeller Collection published by Sanoya Kihei (ex coll. Blanchard, sold American Art Galleries, 1916)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Sanoya Kihei (Sanoki han); censor's seal | kiwame
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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