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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kôraiuguisu)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kôraiuguisu)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print with gauffrage

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print with gauffrage

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 38.4 x 12.9 cm (15 1/8 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 505

Poem:
Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyô kanaIn

the moonlight at dawn,/see the fuyô damp with dew/and blossoms falling

Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.238

Type

  • Prints

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Feathers, Flowers, Talons, and Fangs: Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Black-naped Oriole and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kôraiuguisu), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print with gauffrage
Image: 38.4 x 12.9 cm (15 1/8 x 5 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.238

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