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Red-cheeked Bird and Red Plum Blossoms


紅梅に小鳥
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 38.6 x 13.1 cm (15 3/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6661
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #323; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #23.35?
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1309 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.6661, 55.73
Signed (seals only)
Marks Artist's seals: Hiro, Shige
InscriptionsPoem: Yamazato wa/ manzai ososhi/ ume no hana
山里は 萬歳おそし 梅の花
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.