Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重

Butterflies, Landscape, and Flowers, from an untitled series of ishizuri-e harimaze-e

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重 (1826-1869, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Butterflies, Landscape, and Flowers, from an untitled series of ishizuri-e harimaze-e

Period

Edo Period

Year

1826-1869

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Aiban tate-e: 34 x 23.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom right: NS1050 [Japanese Characters]

Signature: upper left, signed at bottom right | Hiroshige; upper center - Tokai; upper right - Signed at top right | Shigenobu; bottom left - Signed at left | Ichiryusai

Seals: upper right, Artist's seal | Niryusai; upper center, Artist's seal | Nanzan; upper right - Artist's seal | Morita shi; lower left - Artist's seal | Ando

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.459

Type

Exhibition History

The Lure of Ink
Japanese Monochrome Prints and Books
Mar 06, 2009 – Jul 05, 2009

Label copy

This composite picture is made in imitation of a stone rubbing, where the image is printed in reverse and outlines are in white against a black ground. Popular in the nineteenth century, printed groups of designs like this were made to be cut into individual images. This is an uncut sheet.

Black on White
Monochromatic Japanese Prints
Dec 08, 2000 – Mar 04, 2001

Label copy

This uncut sheet of four prints (harimaze) illustrates how precisely and economically an artist’s designs were transferred onto a woodblock that would be printed on a standard-size sheet of paper. This is a typical sheet of oban size (approximately 15 by 10 inches), which in this case would have yielded four prints from each impression taken.

The Beauty of Black in Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
Mar 20, 1990 – Apr 06, 1990

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重 (1826-1869, b. in Edo, Japan)
Butterflies, Landscape, and Flowers, from an untitled series of ishizuri-e harimaze-e, 1826-1869
Monochrome woodblock print
Aiban tate-e: 34 x 23.3 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.459

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