Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko), Edo Period
Description
Title
Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 37.2 x 16.5 cm (14 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription UL.
Chinese poem:
The pine tree after an eternity
of frosts followed by dews,
Shows a thousand years of color
deep in snow
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Yûsai; publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô); censor's seal | kiwame
Identification
Edition
Bogel entry cites an earlier impression with yellow ground published in UTK and a variant with gradated blue ground and block differences in the pine published in Gale catalogue (see refs. below).
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.276
About
Parrot on Pine Branch (Matsu ni inko)
Bogel entry cites an earlier impression with yellow ground published in UTK and a variant with gradated blue ground and block differences in the pine published in Gale catalogue (see refs. below).
Inscription UL.
Chinese poem:
The pine tree after an eternity
of frosts followed by dews,
Shows a thousand years of color
deep in snow
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Yûsai; publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô); censor's seal | kiwame
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (Japanese period)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Use
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