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Bird and Loquat


枇杷に小禽
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions Ôtanzaku; 38.5 x 17.5 cm (15 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7916
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #9; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #86; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #3.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7916 (Wakasaya ed.), 21.7917 (Sanoya ed.)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsChinese poem
緑鄂経春開篭日 黄金満對人篋時
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.