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Red Flowers and Hiyodori (Brown-Eared Bulbul )

Red Flowers and Hiyodori (Brown-Eared Bulbul )

赤い花にひよどり

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 12.2 x 18.5 cm (4 13/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8621

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

InscriptionsPoem: Tobu tori no ...

ProvenanceBetween 1906 and 1909, acquired by Mr. and Mrs. John Osgood (Elizabeth Cameron) Blanchard in Japan; April 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Blanchard sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.