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Little Green Birds and Chrysanthemums


菊に小鳥
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Aitanzaku; 34.2 x 11.5 cm (13 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7998
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #56; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #281; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #10.10; Tanba 1965, #397
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7998, 54.223
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Isshoku ya/ tsukuranu kiku no/ hanasakari
一色や 作らぬ菊の 花さかり