Image
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
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 37.6 x 13.2 cm (14 13/16 x 5 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem: Wakihira mo/mizu ni saki chiru/kikyô kana Chinese bellflower-/at my side if I don't watch,/you bloom and scatter (trans. Marks in Bogel)The transcription of the poem in Kobayashi reads: Hana?bira mo/mizu ni saki taru/kikyô kanaWhile I am not watching,/Chinese bellflower,/you scatter your blossomsPoem signed by Rosen Kikyô is a season word (kigo) for autumn.
Place
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Japan; Edo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.233
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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