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止り鷹に雀
Falcon on Perch, Sparrow, and Narcissus
止り鷹に雀
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 38 x 13.3 cm (14 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7955
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #31; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #104; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #60
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.1859, 21.7955
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 hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Samuki yo no/ negura no tori no/ nuku me tori/ on o shiranu wa/ hito ni zo arikeru
寒き夜の ねくらの鳥の ぬくめとり おんをしらぬは ひとにそありける
寒き夜の ねくらの鳥の ぬくめとり おんをしらぬは ひとにそありける
ProvenanceDecember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.