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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
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.