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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; 38.1 x 13.1 cm (15 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.840
NOT ON VIEW
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
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
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross