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蕨に錦鶏
Golden Pheasant and Fern Shoots
蕨に錦鶏
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 36.7 x 12.4 cm (14 7/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1469
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #18; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #108; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 172
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.840, 06.1469, 21.7937
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsPoem: Fumi takau/ michi ya warabi no/ take takashi
踏みたかふ 道や蕨の 丈高し
踏みたかふ 道や蕨の 丈高し
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross