Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 37 x 12.9 cm (14 9/16 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: MIC-3-5 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom right: MOC [Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobu

Gently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | Mera Taichirô

Identification

State

See Bogel entries for this example and 34.171 for the differences between the two states. This is the earlier state with finer printing and coloration and lacking the moon and darker blue ground.

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.170

Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume)

Inscription verso, bottom left: MIC-3-5 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom right: MOC [Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobu

Gently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | Mera Taichirô

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
See Bogel entries for this example and 34.171 for the differences between the two states. This is the earlier state with finer printing and coloration and lacking the moon and darker blue ground.

Exhibition History

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