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菊に小鳥
Little Green Birds and Chrysanthemums
菊に小鳥
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 33.7 x 11.5 cm (13 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.223
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #56; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #281; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #10.10; Tanba 1965, #397
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7998, 54.223
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Isshoku ya/ tsukuranu kiku no/ hanasakari
一色や 作らぬ菊の 花さかり
一色や 作らぬ菊の 花さかり
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)