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Birds on Camellia Branch


赤椿に鶯と子鳥
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 18.7 x 25.5 cm (7 3/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9677
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 238, chûban #21.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2185, 21.977 (full color), 21.9678 (ink)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Hito mushiro/ chiru ya hikage no/ aka tsubaki
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.