Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Auspicious Chrysanthemums 寿菊 , Edo Period

Maker

Title

Auspicious Chrysanthemums 寿菊

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban: 23.6 x 30.3 cm (9 5/16 x 11 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 名翁草といへるも本の寿命永きをいへり慈童ハ此水を汲て七百歳をたもち漢の閻明是を愛す

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Censor's seal: 田中 Tanaka (Tanaka Heishiro)

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: Russel #40[text and poems]

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.305

Auspicious Chrysanthemums 寿菊
from the series Gods of Good Fortune Represented as Flowers (花尽見立福禄寿 Hana Zukushi Mitate Fukurokuju)
The everlasting chrysanthemum (Toshigiku)

Inscription Text/Poem: 名翁草といへるも本の寿命永きをいへり慈童ハ此水を汲て七百歳をたもち漢の閻明是を愛す

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Censor's seal: 田中 Tanaka (Tanaka Heishiro)

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: Russel #40[text and poems]

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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