Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 38.6 x 13 cm (15 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 清風秋気爽露裏日南葵 大暑去酷吏衛足亦何為
Translation: Autumn air washed by cool breezes,
southern sun sweetening the dew on the hollyhocks,
The great heat has gone, and with it the cruel guards and officials.
When one is satisfied, what else is there to do?;
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (川口屋正蔵 Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.215

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus

Inscription Text/Poem: 清風秋気爽露裏日南葵 大暑去酷吏衛足亦何為
Translation: Autumn air washed by cool breezes,
southern sun sweetening the dew on the hollyhocks,
The great heat has gone, and with it the cruel guards and officials.
When one is satisfied, what else is there to do?;
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (川口屋正蔵 Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

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

Exhibition History

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