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菊にみそさざい
Bird and Chrysanthemums
菊にみそさざい
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 37.6 x 13 cm (14 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7968
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #25; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #101; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #29
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1465, *06.1638 (deaccessioned in 2019), *06.1640 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.7968
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
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsPoem: Ootori no/ takaki kokoro no/ kimi yue ni/ uki misosasai/ yori mo tsukarezu
寄鳥想 大鵬の たかき心の 君ゆへに うきみてさゝゐ よりもつかれす
寄鳥想 大鵬の たかき心の 君ゆへに うきみてさゝゐ よりもつかれす
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.