Crane and Bamboo Grass

笹に鶴

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 17 x 11.7 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8657

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #77 (yellow background)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Utagawa

InscriptionsChinese inscription (line from poem?)