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Bird and Loquat


枇杷に小禽
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions Ôtanzaku; 37.4 x 16.5 cm (14 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7917
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #10; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #86; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1989), pl. 135; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #3.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7916 (Wakasaya ed.), 21.7917 (Sanoya ed.)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
InscriptionsChinese poem
緑鄂経春開籠日 黄金満對人篋時
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.