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Spread One from Verses for Winter and Spring

冬春之句書

1850

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
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Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Book: 23.8 x 15.9 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kelvin Smith 1976.149.a
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented cream paper spread features two distinct pages brushed with ink and color. On the right, two white and gray birds float in a light blue wash beside thin, splayed reeds. The left is brushed with vertical columns of black Japanese calligraphy that streak at the edges. A muted horizontal band of blue stretches across the bottom, anchoring the composition of ink and wash.

Spread One from Verses for Winter and Spring

1850

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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