Owl on a Pine Branch
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Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Owl on a Pine Branch, ca. 1833. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 14 11/16 x 5 1/16 in. (37.3 x 12.9 cm) Image: 14 9/16 x 5 1/16 in. (37.0 x 12.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.578. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Owl on a Pine Branch
Date
ca. 1833
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 11/16 x 5 1/16 in. (37.3 x 12.9 cm) Image: 14 9/16 x 5 1/16 in. (37.0 x 12.9 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige, hitsu
Inscriptions
Poem running down right side of print reads: Blissful sails the owl In his moon-boat three nights old Yea, and the pine boughs Wind-swept, are harps; but sounded Alas! for ears unhearing
Markings
Seal: Yusai
Credit Line
Frank L. Babbott Fund
Accession Number
39.578
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