Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose

Period

Edo Period

Year

1854, 2nd month

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Aitanzakuban: 34.2 x 11 cm (13 7/16 x 4 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White square label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: NV2637/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige);

Seals: Designer's seal: 一立齋 Ichiryūsai; Censor's seal: 改 aratame; Date seal: 寅二 Toraji (Tiger 2-- 1854, 2nd month) ; Publisher's seal: Ivy leaf below the three peaks of mount Fuji with a dot in between (蔦屋吉蔵 Tsutaya Kichizō)

Label: White square label affixed on verso, at bottom right with inscription in pencil: NV2637/[Japanese Characters];

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.164

Type

Exhibition History

Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose, 1854, 2nd month
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Aitanzakuban: 34.2 x 11 cm (13 7/16 x 4 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.164

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