Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Poppies (Keshi ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Tree Sparrows and Poppies (Keshi ni suzume)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 33.7 x 11.1 cm (13 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Tori tobite/abunaki keshi no/hitoe kana

A red poppy, tissue-thin but dangerous-birds fly

The red poppy alludes to passionate love/attraction and can be likened to some women, fragile but "dangerous."

Label: Rectangular label affixed verso, bottom left: [Japanese Characters]

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.165.1

About

Tree Sparrows and Poppies (Keshi ni suzume)

Poem:
Tori tobite/abunaki keshi no/hitoe kana

A red poppy, tissue-thin but dangerous-birds fly

The red poppy alludes to passionate love/attraction and can be likened to some women, fragile but "dangerous."

Label: Rectangular label affixed verso, bottom left: [Japanese Characters]

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

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

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