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雪中の鶏
Rooster on a Snowy Hillside
雪中の鶏
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 36.8 x 12.4 cm (14 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7941
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #99; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #57; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #23.14
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1458, 21.7941
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsPoem, by Hachijintei: Kinuginu no/ hanashi mo imada/ tsumoranu ni/ tokekau to naku/ yuki no niwatori
きぬきぬの 咄もいまた つもらぬに とけかうと啼く 雪の鶏 八陣亭
きぬきぬの 咄もいまた つもらぬに とけかうと啼く 雪の鶏 八陣亭
ProvenanceSeptember 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.