Finch on Camellia Branch

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Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 33 x 10.2 cm (13 x 4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1629

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1629 (no publisher's mark), 06.1630 (mark of Tsujiya)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 3
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：米良、渡辺、丑三
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross