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Warbler on Plum Branch

Warbler on Plum Branch

梅に鶯

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37 x 12.9 cm (14 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7980

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #306

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

InscriptionsPoem: Uguisu ya/ nishô gogô no/ yabu nengu
鴬や　二升五合の　藪年貢

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.