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Bird and Chrysanthemums

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
early 1830s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsChûtanzaku; 36.4 x 12.4 cm (14 1/3 x 4 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1465
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Ootori no/ takaki kokoro no/ kimi yue ni/ uki misosasai/ yori mo tsukarezu 寄鳥想 大鵬の たかき心の 君ゆへに うきみてさゝゐ よりもつかれす
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)