Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Title
Bonito and radish (Katsuo to daikon)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
color, inkSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Image: 24.9 x 11.8 cm (9 13/16 x 4 5/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: YI328/[Japanese Characters]
[text and poems]
Hatsugatsuo/sono ato tae te/shogyo* (or katsuo) kana
The first bonito of the season, the fish I had to wait to eat later
Poem by Shuchiku
*In this difficult poem, the Chinese characters for this poem mean literally "pine" tree with the literary associations of "to wait" and "fish" (gyo); together they mean bonito.
Signature: Signed on each | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seals | Ichiryusai Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.269C Type
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