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桃の花に文鳥、 竹に雀、 椿に小鳥、 芙蓉に鴨
Four small prints: Peach Blossoms and Bullfinch (TR), Bamboo and Sparrows (BR), Camellia and Warbler (BL), Hibiscus and Ducks (TL)
桃の花に文鳥、 竹に雀、 椿に小鳥、 芙蓉に鴨
Japanese
Edo period
mid 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Four horizontal yotsugiri on uncut horizontal ôban sheet; 24.4 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8600
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #339 (BL only); Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #80 (BL only)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.1960 (TR only), 11.2282 (TL only), 21.8599 (TL only), 21.8600 (uncut sheet of four)
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige ga (on each design)
広重画
広重画
Marks
Artist's seals: Ichiryûsai (TR), Utagawa (BL)
InscriptionsPoem (BL): Hito mushiro/ chiru ya hikage no/ aka tsubaki
一むしろ 散るや日裏の 赤つはき
一むしろ 散るや日裏の 赤つはき
ProvenanceMay 1915, acquired by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.