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Bluebird and Hollyhock


葵に瑠璃鳥
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 38 x 13 cm (14 15/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7969
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #24; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #96; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #8; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #24.06
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1316, 06.1459, 21.7969

Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsChinese poem
清風秋気爽 露?日南葵 大暑去酷吏 衛足亦何為