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Bird on Plum Branch

Bird on Plum Branch

梅に小鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Kotanzaku; 34.8 x 7.7 cm (13 11/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8491

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiryûsai
一立斎

InscriptionsLine from Chinese poem: Ichiju dokusen tenka (no) haru
一樹独先天下春

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.