Sparrow and Bamboo

竹に雀

Japanese

Edo period

mid 1830s

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.8 x 13 cm (14 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of The Tengu

Accession Number19.64

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #307; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #18

DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.64, 21.7957

Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem, by Hachijintei: Karabito no/ sake o konomite/ take ni mate/ akaki kokoro o/ utsusu e takumi
唐人の　酒を好て　竹にまて　あかきこゝろを　うつす絵工　　八陣亭

Provenance1915, purchased with funds from a group of anonymous donors (collectively "The Tengu") by the MFA. (Accession Date: March 6, 1919)