Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White-naped Crane and Tartarian Asters (Shion ni manazuru), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

White-naped Crane and Tartarian Asters (Shion ni manazuru)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 36.8 x 12.7 cm (14 1/2 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem
The Chinese poem concerns a crane which has come to wash its white feathers in the stream but is bothered by the thorny plants. Other birds should be surprised by a bird that just swoops down, dirties the water and then, poof!, flies away again, but they are unconcerned.

Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; censor's seal | kiwame; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.228

About

White-naped Crane and Tartarian Asters (Shion ni manazuru)

Poem
The Chinese poem concerns a crane which has come to wash its white feathers in the stream but is bothered by the thorny plants. Other birds should be surprised by a bird that just swoops down, dirties the water and then, poof!, flies away again, but they are unconcerned.

Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; censor's seal | kiwame; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

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

Use

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