Image

RISDM 34-213-1.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem signed Hachijintei and with red kao (cursive monogram) White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YA532/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Kara bito no/kuse o kononde/take ni made/akaki kokoro o/utsusu edakumi

In admiration of/the ways of the Chinese this printing process/carries a feeling for red/even into the bamboo

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu; Signed at right | Jûssai Tonarime

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiroshige; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô); censor's seal | kiwame

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.213.1

About

Tree Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume)

Poem signed Hachijintei and with red kao (cursive monogram) White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YA532/[Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Kara bito no/kuse o kononde/take ni made/akaki kokoro o/utsusu edakumi

In admiration of/the ways of the Chinese this printing process/carries a feeling for red/even into the bamboo

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu; Signed at right | Jûssai Tonarime

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiroshige; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô); censor's seal | kiwame

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

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