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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; 36 x 12.1 cm (14 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7940
NOT ON VIEW
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
ProvenanceAcquired by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright, as part of Kacho Lot; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.