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芙蓉に鳥
Long-tailed Bird and Hibiscus
芙蓉に鳥
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Aitanzaku; 34.1 x 11.4 cm (13 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8022
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #52 (no publisher's mark); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 154 (no publisher's mark)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 15.1212, 21.8022 (Kawaguchiya), 21.8023 (no publisher's mark)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Ariake no/ nurete ochitaru/ fuyô kana
有明の ぬれて落ちたる 芙蓉かな
有明の ぬれて落ちたる 芙蓉かな
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.