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椿に鷽
Camellia and Bullfinch
椿に鷽
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 38.4 x 17 cm (15 1/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7906
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dai ukiyo-e ten/5 Ukiyo-e Favorites (2019), #300; Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #4; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #85; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #13; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #8.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.842, 06.1227, 21.7906
Poem translated, but with lines in reverse order, by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Poem translated, but with lines in reverse order, by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Hakisôji/ shite kara ochiru/ tsubaki ka na
はき除掃 してから落る 椿かな
はき除掃 してから落る 椿かな
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.