Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Title
Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus (Tororoaoi ni ôruri)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
color, inkSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 38.6 x 13 cm (15 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Chinese poem:
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?
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.215 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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