Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 38.4 x 12.7 cm (15 1/8 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 有明の　ぬれて落たる　芙蓉かな
Translation: The moonlight at dawn, see the rose damp with dew and blossoms falling

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 一立齋 Ichiryūsai

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: 505

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.238

Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose

Inscription Text/Poem: 有明の　ぬれて落たる　芙蓉かな
Translation: The moonlight at dawn, see the rose damp with dew and blossoms falling

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 一立齋 Ichiryūsai

Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: 505

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

Publications

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989
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