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白梅に尾長鳥
Long-tailed Bird on Flowering Plum Branch
白梅に尾長鳥
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 37.7 x 17.2 cm (14 13/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7919
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, 60 Years (2021), #121; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #4; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #80; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #16; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #6.7; Ukiyo-e taikei 11 (1974), #10
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21122, 21.7918, 21.7919
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 315.
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 315.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsLine from Chinese poem: Ichiju dokusen tenka (no) haru
一樹独先天下春
一樹独先天下春
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.