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桜に猿
Pet Monkey and Cherry Blossoms
桜に猿
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 37.8 x 17.5 cm (14 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number55.72
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #122; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #194; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #1; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #3.4
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7896, 21.7897, 55.72
The Chinese couplet is from a poem by Ki no Haseo in Wakan rôeishû, translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 316.
The Chinese couplet is from a poem by Ki no Haseo in Wakan rôeishû, translated in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 316.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsChinese poem
人煙一穏秋村僻 猿叫三聲暁峡深
人煙一穏秋村僻 猿叫三聲暁峡深