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蔦に小鳥
White-headed Bird Clinging to Ivy Vine
蔦に小鳥
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 37.8 x 12.7 cm (14 7/8 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7972
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #322; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #69; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #23.28
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7971 (Fujiokaya edition), 21.7972 (no publisher's mark)
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, by Hachijintei: Furoshiki no/ iro mo utsukushi/ kôyô no/ shigure ni somuru/ tsuta no karakusa
風呂敷の いろも美し 紅葉の 時雨にそむる 蔦の唐草 八陣亭
風呂敷の いろも美し 紅葉の 時雨にそむる 蔦の唐草 八陣亭
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.