Nightingale and Plum Tree
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher
Unknown Publisher
Author
Tanaka Gochikubö
(Japanese, 1699-1781)
GeographyJapan
MediumInk on paper
Technique: Woodblock print with black ink only (Sumizuri-e)
Dimensions8 3/4 x 6 5/8 in. (22.2 x 16.9 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of James A. Michener, 1981 (17992)
Object number17992
DescriptionHiroshige frames the image of a nightingale flying on a moonlit night by the branches of a plum tree with a haiku poem attributed to Tanaka Gochikubö, known also as Gochiku.On View
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Utagawa Hiroshige
