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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Lion-Dog and Cub
circa 1838, woodblock printed in colors, tanzaku, signed 'Hiroshige Hitsu', Haiku poem signed 'Hakuen: Newborn shishi, pathetic little thing, peony blossom!'
paper
15⅛ in. (38.6 cm.) x 6⅞ in. (17.1 cm.)
Provenance
F.E. Church Collection.
Yamanaka & Company, New York, February 1927.
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York, 1927-48.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (with a life interest to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.), 1948-49.
Acquired 2 February 1949.
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