Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bird and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Bird and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kotori)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 34.4 x 11.4 cm (13 9/16 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyô kana The morning moon-/the mallow wet with early dewAriyake means the moon still visible in the morning on certain days of the month. The rose mallows have collected the moisture in their cup-like flowers and will soon drop from the weight of the water. The poem can be given an erotic reading using the same imagery. For other prints with the same poem see 34.186 (Box 59) and 20.1243 (Box 1).White square label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: NV2618/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: Signature below | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.241

About

Bird and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kotori)

Poem: Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyô kana The morning moon-/the mallow wet with early dewAriyake means the moon still visible in the morning on certain days of the month. The rose mallows have collected the moisture in their cup-like flowers and will soon drop from the weight of the water. The poem can be given an erotic reading using the same imagery. For other prints with the same poem see 34.186 (Box 59) and 20.1243 (Box 1).White square label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: NV2618/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: Signature below | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô)

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

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Use

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