Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni Ôruri), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni Ôruri)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 32.9 x 10.6 cm (12 15/16 x 4 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyo kanaThe morning moon-/the mallow wet with early dew Ariyake means the moon still visible in the morning on certain days of the month. The rose mallows have collected the moisture in their cup-like flowers and will soon drop from the weight of the water. The poem can be given an erotic reading using the same imagery. For other prints with the same poem see 34.186 (Box 59) and 20.1243 (Box 1).

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.182

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni Ôruri)

Poem: Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyo kanaThe morning moon-/the mallow wet with early dew Ariyake means the moon still visible in the morning on certain days of the month. The rose mallows have collected the moisture in their cup-like flowers and will soon drop from the weight of the water. The poem can be given an erotic reading using the same imagery. For other prints with the same poem see 34.186 (Box 59) and 20.1243 (Box 1).

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro

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