Bird on Hibiscus

芙蓉に鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 36 x 11 cm (14 3/16 x 4 1/3 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1239

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: Tanaka Heishirô
No blockcutter's mark
改印：田中
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Ariake no/ nurete ochitaru/ fuyô kana
有明の　ぬれて落ちたる　芙蓉かな

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross