Book of Humorous Poems "Hundred Thousand Birds" (Kyōka momochidori) 狂歌百千鳥
Utagawa Kunisada
1830
Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
9 × 12 1/4 × 1/2 in. (22.9 × 31.1 × 1.3 cm)
Classification
Illustrated Books
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
JIB1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
PoetryWomen
About the Artist
Utagawa Kunisada · 1786–1864
**Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865)** Born in 1786 in the Honjo district of Edo (modern Tokyo), Utagawa Kunisada hailed from a family with a hereditary ferry-boat service that provided financial stability, allowing him to pursue art from a young age. His father, an amateur poet of note, died shortly after his birth, leaving young Sumida Shōgorō (Kunisada's childhood name) to nurture his evident talent...