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Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長

Bird and iris (Kakitsubata ni kotori), Meiji

Maker

  • Nishimura Shigenaga 西村重長

Title

Bird and iris (Kakitsubata ni kotori)

Year

Meiji

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 31.8 x 15.1 cm (12 1/2 x 5 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 名所とハ
うたにも
あるさ
杜若
Translation: Immortalized in poetry, a famous place with irises

Meisho (famous place) probably symbolizes the eight-plank bridge (yatsuhashi) over an iris garden in Tales of Ise.

Signature: Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu

Marks: bottom right in pencil: EGR178

Place

Place Made: Tokyo; Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1062

Bird and iris (Kakitsubata ni kotori)

Inscription Text/Poem: 名所とハ
うたにも
あるさ
杜若
Translation: Immortalized in poetry, a famous place with irises

Meisho (famous place) probably symbolizes the eight-plank bridge (yatsuhashi) over an iris garden in Tales of Ise.

Signature: Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu

Marks: bottom right in pencil: EGR178

Place Made: Tokyo; Place Made: Japan
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