Gourds and Japanese White-eye (above), Peonies and Finch (below)

鳥瓜に目白、　芍薬に小鳥

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Two vertical yotsugiri on uncut chûtanzaku sheet; 38.2 x 13.1 cm (15 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8636

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #102

Signed Hiroshige hitsu (on each design)
広重筆

InscriptionsPoem: Shakuyaku ni/ hatsuka no yoku ha/ nakari keri
芍薬に　二十日の欲は　なかりけり