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Aronia and Myna Bird


海棠に小鳥
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
late 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 12.6 x 18.3 cm (4 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8620
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #329; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #78
DescriptionPoem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsPoem: Kaidô ya/ haru o shizumete/ sakinikeri
海棠や 春をしつめて 咲にけり