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Utagawa Hiroshige

Autumn: Judo's Chrysanthemums in a deep ravine in China (Aki), mid 1840's

Description

Maker

Title

Autumn: Judo's Chrysanthemums in a deep ravine in China (Aki)

Year

mid 1840's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 23.7 x 30.8 cm (9 5/16 x 12 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: [Japanese Characters]

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.332

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

May 11 - June 30, 1990

The print is subtitled Kando Yukoku Judo No Kiku (Judo's Chrysanthemums in a Deep Ravine in China) and alludes to a Chinese legend about a young attendant and favorite of Emperor Mu Wang (1007- 947 B.C.). When the young attendant was forced into exile by rivals at court, the emperor taught him a Buddhist verse. In a valley filled with chrysanthemums, the young man wrote the characters of the verse on chrysanthemum petals lest he forget them, and the dew from these petals became an elixir of everlasting youth.

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

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