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竹に雀
Sparrow and Bamboo
竹に雀
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 38.2 x 13 cm (15 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7957
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #307; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #18
DescriptionMFA impressions: 19.64, 21.7957
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
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem, by Hachijintei: Karabito no/ sake o konomite/ take ni mate/ akaki kokoro o/ utsusu e takumi
唐人の 酒を好て 竹にまて あかきこゝろを うつす絵工 八陣亭
唐人の 酒を好て 竹にまて あかきこゝろを うつす絵工 八陣亭