Image

RISDM 34-282.tif RISDM 34-282.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bird and loquats (Biwa ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Bird and loquats (Biwa ni kotori)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 37.5 x 17 cm (14 3/4 x 6 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:X2520/[Japanese Characters]

[text and poems]
Ryoku gaku jun o hete ro o hiraku (translates to) The day green sepals burst from confinement
no hi (translates to) in bamboo shoots
Ogon ko ni michite hako ni iruru (translates to) The time when gold fills the trees and is
no toki (translates to) placed in the basket

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seals | Kikakudo han ~ red cartouche | Sanoya ~ red gourd-shaped; censor's seal | kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.282

About

Bird and loquats (Biwa ni kotori)

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil:X2520/[Japanese Characters]

[text and poems]
Ryoku gaku jun o hete ro o hiraku (translates to) The day green sepals burst from confinement
no hi (translates to) in bamboo shoots
Ogon ko ni michite hako ni iruru (translates to) The time when gold fills the trees and is
no toki (translates to) placed in the basket

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seals | Kikakudo han ~ red cartouche | Sanoya ~ red gourd-shaped; censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

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