Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
Title
Parrot on a Flowering Branch (Kaidô ni inko)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
color, inkSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 38.9 x 17.5 cm (15 5/16 x 6 7/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô han); censor's seal | kiwame
Identification
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Edition
Early impression on thick paper; unusual use of orange pigment on feathers of bird; Bogel notes a second edition of the same design in Rockefeller Collection published by Sanoya Kihei (ex coll. Blanchard, sold American Art Galleries, 1916) Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.275.2 Type
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Tombstone
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
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