Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), The education of the lion cub by trial, Shishi no kootoshi - 獅子の児落し, Japan, ca.
1835/1839Nishiki-e
print
, ink and polychrome on paper, tanzaku format depicting a lion cub climbing a cliff to join its mother, illustrated with a poem signed Hakuen - 白猿: "Newborn shishi, pathetic little thing, peony flower!" - Yokkame no shishi itaikeni botan ka na - 四日めの獅子いたいけに牡丹哉.
Signed Hiroshige hitsu.
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindō).
37,6 x 17,2 cmLined
.
Provenance :
Former Happer collection.
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