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Golden Pheasant on Plum Branch

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper
Dimensions23.8 x 11.5 cm (9 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineAsiatic Curator's Fund
Accession number53.2006
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLine from Chinese poem: Baika setchû ni hiraku, "Plum flowers blossom in the snow"
Provenance1953, sold by Mabel Bacon Happer, San Francisco, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1953)
Drawing for: Flower Viewing at Asuka Hill (Asukayama hanami no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Drawing for: Ochanomizu, Suidôbashi
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Crane and Pine Shoots
Utagawa Hiroshige I