Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bullfinch and blossoming crabapple, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Bullfinch and blossoming crabapple

Year

Edo Period

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Ōtanzaku: 37.8 x 17.3 cm (14 7/8 x 6 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 花下忘帰因美景
樽前勧酔是春風

Translation: Under the gorgeous flowers I forget to return home,
The spring wind encourages me to drink from the wine casks in front of me

The poet has used a rhetorical device in which some of the characters of the two lines have opposite meanings to the character placed opposite them.

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom left: NJX298

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.285.1

Bullfinch and blossoming crabapple

Inscription Text/Poem: 花下忘帰因美景
樽前勧酔是春風

Translation: Under the gorgeous flowers I forget to return home,
The spring wind encourages me to drink from the wine casks in front of me

The poet has used a rhetorical device in which some of the characters of the two lines have opposite meanings to the character placed opposite them.

Marks: Inscription verso, bottom left: NJX298

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
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