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
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...