Image

RISDM 34-223.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Parrot and Grapevine (Budô ni inko), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Parrot and Grapevine (Budô ni inko)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 37.2 x 12.7 cm (14 5/8 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Boku myô onozukara shiru yoku sei wo hiraku koto o/Suiyo no kisai wa sei ni masarazu./Ikansen sakan ni kinbanjô o uru to iedomo./Kamikudakete suisui kokusui no sei.

Calligraphy has its own way of determining sobriety/One who is drunk cannot make the brush run clean/It matters not if you use golden sheets,/It is, in short, the soul of black water

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: 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

34.223

About

Parrot and Grapevine (Budô ni inko)

Poem:
Boku myô onozukara shiru yoku sei wo hiraku koto o/Suiyo no kisai wa sei ni masarazu./Ikansen sakan ni kinbanjô o uru to iedomo./Kamikudakete suisui kokusui no sei.

Calligraphy has its own way of determining sobriety/One who is drunk cannot make the brush run clean/It matters not if you use golden sheets,/It is, in short, the soul of black water

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

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

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

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