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Canary on Camellia Branch

Canary on Camellia Branch

椿に黄鳥

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Aitanzaku; 33.9 x 11.6 cm (13 3/8 x 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7990

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #291

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: Tori no ne mo/ taesu ya kage no/ tsubaki kana
鳥の音も　絶えす家陰の　椿かな

ProvenanceBetween 1906 and 1909, acquired by Mr. and Mrs. John Osgood (Elizabeth Cameron) Blanchard in Japan; April 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Blanchard sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.