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White Heron and Rushes

太藺に白鷺

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

early 1830s

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.7 x 12.6 cm (14 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7939

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #48; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #94; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #10.17

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7939, 21.7940

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：極

InscriptionsChinese poem
霜衣来蘆沼　縮頂覓鮮鱗　警爾元貧飽　忘機莫泥身

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.