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Crane and Nest of Young Birds on a Pine Branch

Crane and Nest of Young Birds on a Pine Branch

日の出　松に鶴の巣

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 73.8 x 23.9 cm (29 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6889

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #144; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, ôhaba #10

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅三
彫師：なし

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.