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Long-tailed Bird on Blossoming Peach

Long-tailed Bird on Blossoming Peach

桃に尾長鳥

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; 35.4 x 11.6 cm (13 15/16 x 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8020

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #276

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8019 (Kawaguchiya), 21.8020 (Kawaguchiya), 21.8021 (later edition, no publisher's mark)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

InscriptionsPoem: Ariake ya/ tori no osamaru/ momo no hana
有明や　とりのおさまる　桃の花

ProvenanceSeptember 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from S. Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.