Image

RISDM 34-232.tif RISDM 34-232.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Hawk, Tree Sparrow, and Cream Narcissus (Suisen ni taka to suzume), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Hawk, Tree Sparrow, and Cream Narcissus (Suisen ni taka to suzume)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 37.5 x 13 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YA531/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Samuki yo no/negura no tori no/yakume tori/on o shiranu wa/hito koso arikeri

Passing the cold night/watching over the little ones/asleep in the nest-/ingratitude is something/only human beings know

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô)

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.232

About

Hawk, Tree Sparrow, and Cream Narcissus (Suisen ni taka to suzume)

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YA531/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Samuki yo no/negura no tori no/yakume tori/on o shiranu wa/hito koso arikeri

Passing the cold night/watching over the little ones/asleep in the nest-/ingratitude is something/only human beings know

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô)

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Hawk, Tree Sparrow, and Cream Narcissus (Suisen ni taka to suzume) with the accession number of 34.232. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.