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Quail and Poppies


罌栗に鶉
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.1 x 13 cm (14 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7946
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #91; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 148; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #10.01
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.838, *11.1890 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.7946, 28.193
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Aki no yume/ mite ya naki tasu/ mugiuzura
秋の夢 見てや啼たす 麦鶉