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蝙蝠
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蝙蝠
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Left third of horizontal ôban sheet (sanchôgake); 25.2 x 12.3 cm (9 15/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7860
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #97 (uncut sheet of three designs); RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #167 (uncut sheet); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 239, sanchôgake #9.21?
Description21.7861 is from the same sheet.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Utagawa
InscriptionsPoem: Kômori ya/ yami ni ikururu/ hane no iro
蝙蝠や 闇に生るゝ 羽の色 鳥酔
蝙蝠や 闇に生るゝ 羽の色 鳥酔