Four small prints: Peach Blossoms and Bullfinch (TR), Bamboo and Sparrows (BR), Camellia and Warbler (BL), Hibiscus and Ducks (TL)

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Four small prints: Peach Blossoms and Bullfinch (TR), Bamboo and Sparrows (BR), Camellia and Warbler (BL), Hibiscus and Ducks (TL)

桃の花に文鳥、　竹に雀、　椿に小鳥、　芙蓉に鴨

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

mid 1830s

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

Dimensions Four horizontal yotsugiri on uncut horizontal ôban sheet; 24.4 x 35.5 cm (9 5/8 x 14 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8600

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #339 (BL only); Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #80 (BL only)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.1960 (TR only), 11.2282 (TL only), 21.8599 (TL only), 21.8600 (uncut sheet of four)

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

Signed Hiroshige ga (on each design)
広重画

Marks Artist's seals: Ichiryûsai (TR), Utagawa (BL)

InscriptionsPoem (BL): Hito mushiro/ chiru ya hikage no/ aka tsubaki
一むしろ　散るや日裏の　赤つはき

ProvenanceMay 1915, acquired 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.