Winter: The Flying Plum Tree of Dazaifu in Tsukushi; Sugawara Michizane (Fuyu, Tsukushi Dazaifu tobi-ume, Sugawara Michizane kô), from the series Flowers of the Four Seasons Famous in History (Kodai meiyo shiki no hana)

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Winter: The Flying Plum Tree of Dazaifu in Tsukushi; Sugawara Michizane (Fuyu, Tsukushi Dazaifu tobi-ume, Sugawara Michizane kô), from the series Flowers of the Four Seasons Famous in History (Kodai meiyo shiki no hana)

「古代名誉四季の花盛　冬　筑紫大宰府　飛梅　菅原道真公」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Surugaya Sakujirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 23.8 x 29.3 cm (9 3/8 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10121

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Matsuki and Yamada, Ichiryûsai Hiroshige dansen-e (1924), #20; the series: Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 230, fan prints #36 (this design not listed)

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

ProvenanceFebruary 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.