Medium:

Prints, Print | Color woodblock print

Size:

9 5/16 x 14 11/16 in. (23.6 x 37.3 cm) (image)9 7/8 x 14 13/16 in. (25.1 x 37.7 cm) (sheet)

Creation Place:

Japan

Culture:

Japan

Style:

18th century, Edo period

Inscriptions:

2 poems(kyo_ka)right:To a manSending a love note,Even the swift messangerSeems slow as a duckStuck on birdline.(Tsukebumi noTsukai mono ni waChi wo hashiruKoi no yakko moKamo no torimochi)by Ho_nen Yukimaruleft:When you and IGo into the next life,Let us perchLike kingfisher wing to wing.(Kimi no wagaNochi no yo kaketeHasu no ha niIi kawasemi noHane wo naraben)by Sandara Ho_shi 2(no.2) written on the upper left corner; meaning unknown

Physical Description:

nishiki-e

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.

Accession Number:

P.75.51.128

Artist:

Utamaro Kitagawa, Japanese, 1753 - 1806

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Japanese

Life Dates:

Japanese, 1753 - 1806

Artist:

Ju_zaburo_ Tsutaya

Role:

Publisher

Nationality:

Japanese

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

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9 5/16 x 14 11/16 in. (23.6 x 37.3 cm) (image)9 7/8 x 14 13/16 in. (25.1 x 37.7 cm) (sheet)