Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Bullfinch and Blossoming Crabapple, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Bullfinch and Blossoming Crabapple

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Ōtanzakuban: 37.4 x 17 cm (14 3/4 x 6 11/16 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.

Signature: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 佐野喜 Sanoki (Sanoya Kihei)

Marks: Inscription on verso, at bottom left: 469

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.285.2

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.

Signature: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 佐野喜 Sanoki (Sanoya Kihei)

Marks: Inscription on verso, at bottom left: 469

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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