Four small prints: Peony and Snail (TL), Plum Blossoms and Macaw (TR), Bird on Aronia Branch (BR), Cherry Blossoms and Full Moon (BL)

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Four small prints: Peony and Snail (TL), Plum Blossoms and Macaw (TR), Bird on Aronia Branch (BR), Cherry Blossoms and Full Moon (BL)

牡丹に蝸牛、梅にいんこ、海棠にこどり、万月に桜

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

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; 23.9 x 35.4 cm (9 7/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8601

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.30478 (TR only), 21.8601 (uncut sheet of four)

Signed HIroshige ga (on each design)
広重画

InscriptionsPoem (BR): Kaidô ya/ saite chiru made/ hito neburi
海棠や　咲て散るまて　ひとねふり

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.