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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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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)