Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô), Edo Period
Description
Maker
Title
Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
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
Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.233
About
Balloon Flowers and Chinese Silver Grass (Susuki to kikyô)
Poem:
Wakihira mo/mizu ni saki chiru/kikyô kana
Chinese bellflower-/at my side if I don't watch,/you bloom and scatter
Signature: Signed at lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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