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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Aronia and bullfinch Swallows and budding wild cherry
Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige hitsu and sealed Ichiryusai, published Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige hitsu, sealed Ichiryusai, published
by Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo), circa 1832, framed and glazed by Kawaguchi Shozo (Eisendo), circa 1835
Otanzaku: 14¬ x 6º in. (37.1 x 15.9 cm.) Chutanzaku: 14¬ x 5º in. (37.1 x 13.3 cm.)
$5,000-8,000 $4,000-6,000
The poem has been translated by John T. Carpenter: Yama no
ha ni/ tsubame wo kaesu/ irihi kana: "The setting sun—/ over the
mountain ridge/ sends the swallows home (go to: https://www.
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60028123). A second edition
is known published by Fujihiko, see Cynthea J. Bogel and Israel
Goldman, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, (New York, 1988), cat. no. 9.
