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Sparrows, Kingfisher, and Hibiscus

Sparrows, Kingfisher, and Hibiscus

芙蓉に雀と翡翠

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; 18.9 x 26.3 cm (7 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9679

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, vertical chûban #27.2

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: Ariake no/ nurete ochitaru/ fuyô kana
有明の　ぬれて落ちたる　芙蓉かな

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.