Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Bird and Peonies (Botan ni kotori), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Maker
Title
Bird and Peonies (Botan ni kotori)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
color, ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 32.2 x 11.4 cm (12 11/16 x 4 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Poem: Miru hito no/kotoba sukunaki/botan kanaPeople looking at peonies say only a few words or People looking at peonies weigh their wordsPoem by Gyoryû
Signature: Signed below | 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
34.250
About
Bird and Peonies (Botan ni kotori)
Poem: Miru hito no/kotoba sukunaki/botan kanaPeople looking at peonies say only a few words or People looking at peonies weigh their wordsPoem by Gyoryû
Signature: Signed below | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal Ichiryûsai
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Use
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Bird and Peonies (Botan ni kotori) with the accession number of 34.250. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
Feedback
We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.