Image

RISDM 20-1250.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Great Tit and Camellias (Tsubaki ni shijūkara), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Great Tit and Camellias (Tsubaki ni shijūkara)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Ōtanzaku: 38.3 x 17.3 cm (15 1/16 x 6 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Ichiryusai (artist); Kojin (poet)

Poem:
Hakisoji/ shite kara ochiru/tsubaki kana
???? ?????? ???
Withered camellias/all the sweeping that goes on/after they've fallen.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; poet's seal | Kojin (a person from the past [Forrer]; a deceased person [Keyes]).

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: [Japanese Characters]

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1250

About

Great Tit and Camellias (Tsubaki ni shijūkara)

Signed: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Ichiryusai (artist); Kojin (poet)

Poem:
Hakisoji/ shite kara ochiru/tsubaki kana
???? ?????? ???
Withered camellias/all the sweeping that goes on/after they've fallen.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; poet's seal | Kojin (a person from the past [Forrer]; a deceased person [Keyes]).

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: [Japanese Characters]

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

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Use

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