Pheasant on a Snow-covered Pine Tree

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Pheasant on a Snow-covered Pine Tree

雪中松に雉子

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

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 38.4 x 13.2 cm (15 1/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7950

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #30; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #93; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #10.15

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7950, 21.7951

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

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

InscriptionsChinese poem
十八公栄霜後露　一千年色雪中深

ProvenanceBetween 1906 and 1909, acquired by Mr. and Mrs. John Osgood (Elizabeth Cameron) Blanchard in Japan; April 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Blanchard sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.