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Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Description

Maker

Title

Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.233

Projects & Publications

Publications

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”

Use

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