Aronia and Myna Bird

海棠に小鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1830s

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

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 12.6 x 18.3 cm (4 15/16 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8620

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #329; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #78

DescriptionPoem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

InscriptionsPoem: Kaidô ya/ haru o shizumete/ sakinikeri
海棠や　春をしつめて　咲にけり