Bluebird on Camellia Branch

椿に鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 34.2 x 11.3 cm (13 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of The Tengu

Accession Number15.1209

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

InscriptionsPoem: Hito mushiro/ chiru ya hikage no/ aka tsubaki

Provenance1915, purchased with funds from a group of anonymous donors (collectively "The Tengu") by the MFA. (Accession Date: November 4, 1915)