Long-tailed Bird and Peach Blossoms

桃に尾長鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

mid 1830s

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

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 12.3 x 19.2 cm (4 13/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8619

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #130; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #85

DescriptionPoem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

InscriptionsPoem: Karisome ni/ haete momo saku/ hatake kana
かりそめに　はへて桃さく　はたけかな