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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Butterfly and Pinks (Nadeshiko ni chô), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Yamashiroya Jinbei
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Butterfly and Pinks (Nadeshiko ni chô)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 33 x 7.8 cm (13 x 3 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:

Nadeshiko no/haru kashikosa ni/utsukushiki

What a treasure-/a curious, growing child

The imagery represents autumn. Nadeshiko, the name for the flower pinks, also means "beloved child."

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Yamashiroya Jinbei (yamajin han)

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.098

About

Butterfly and Pinks (Nadeshiko ni chô)

Poem:

Nadeshiko no/haru kashikosa ni/utsukushiki

What a treasure-/a curious, growing child

The imagery represents autumn. Nadeshiko, the name for the flower pinks, also means "beloved child."

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Yamashiroya Jinbei (yamajin han)

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Butterfly and Pinks (Nadeshiko ni chô) with the accession number of 34.098. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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