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八重桜に小鳥
White-cheeked Bird and Double Cherry Blossoms
八重桜に小鳥
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); 11.5 x 17.2 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8659
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #88
DescriptionPoem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Utagawa
InscriptionsPoem: Hi no tsukanu/ tokoro ka mo nashi/ yamazakura
火のつかぬ 所かもなし やま桜
火のつかぬ 所かもなし やま桜