Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Title
Yellow Birds and Chrysantheumums (Kiku ni kôcho)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 34 x 11.3 cm (13 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem: Hito iro ya/tsukuranu kiku no/hana zakari Chrysanthemums,/all of one color-/blooming wild34.035 K326;34.169 K281The poet is caught up by a mass of uncultivated chrysanthemums with flowers of the same color.
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.169 Type
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