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Long-tailed Bird and Hibiscus


芙蓉に鳥
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; 33.4 x 11.2 cm (13 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of The Tengu
Accession Number15.1212
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #52 (no publisher's mark); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 154 (no publisher's mark)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 15.1212 (white background, no publisher's mark), 21.8022 (Kawaguchiya), 21.8023 (blue background, no publisher's mark)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsPoem: Ariake no/ nurete ochitaru/ fuyô kana
有明の ぬれて落ちたる 芙蓉かな
Provenance1915, purchased with funds from a group of anonymous donors (collectively "The Tengu") by the MFA. (Accession Date: November 4, 1915)