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Utagawa Hiroshige

Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.6 x 13.2 cm (14 13/16 x 5 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Wakihira mo/mizu ni saki chiru/kikyô kana

Chinese bellflower-/at my side if I don't watch,/you bloom and scatter

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.233

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Of Clover and Chrysanthemum

September 1 - December 12, 2010

Balloon- or bellflowers (kikyo), which are also counted among the “seven autumn grasses,” bloom in autumn in Japan. A poem inscribed on the upper right reads:

“Chinese bellflower—
at my side, if I don't watch,
you bloom and scatter”

Of Clover and Chrysanthemums

September 15 - December 10, 1995

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô) with the accession number of 34.233. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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