Hiroshige: White-eyes (Zosterops japonica: mejiro) on wild chrysanthemums (Sold)

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: White-eyes (Zosterops japonica: mejiro) on wild chrysanthemums
Date: 1830s

Two yellow White-eyes pose cheerfully on a chrysanthemum. Hiroshige specialized in kacho-e, bird-and-flower pictures.

Condition: Good impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: chû-tanzaku/half aiban panel
Literature: Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints, 1990, p.159
Seal: Kawa Shô in red in a gourd shape
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

SKU: HIR259