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竹に雀
Sparrow and Bamboo
竹に雀
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Aitanzaku; 32.8 x 11.2 cm (12 15/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8059
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #113; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #30
DescriptionMFA impressions: 15.1213, 21.8059
Unidentified publisher's mark.
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Unidentified publisher's mark.
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
Censor's seal: Tanaka
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ryûsai
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印：田中
版元：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ryûsai
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印：田中
版元：なし
InscriptionsPoem, by Isôan: Take no haru/ momiji no aki no/ matarekeri
竹の春 紅葉の秋の またれけり 惟草庵
竹の春 紅葉の秋の またれけり 惟草庵