Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Java Sparrow and Camellias (Tsubaki ni bunchô), Edo Period
Description
Title
Java Sparrow and Camellias (Tsubaki ni bunchô)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 38.6 x 13 cm (15 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Poem:
Wakasama ni/mizukobu shigeri/hana tsubaki
Brimming with youth,/you splash out all your water-/camellia flower!
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; 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
34.237
About
Java Sparrow and Camellias (Tsubaki ni bunchô)
Poem:
Wakasama ni/mizukobu shigeri/hana tsubaki
Brimming with youth,/you splash out all your water-/camellia flower!
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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