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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Common Kingfisher and Doublefile Viburnum (Yabudemari ni kawasemi)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Common Kingfisher and Doublefile Viburnum (Yabudemari ni kawasemi)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1840s

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 34.3 x 11.4 cm (13 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, top left: 3994/Hiroshige/20[m] [Hy ez];in a later hand verso, bottom left: 215/9; in another hand verso, bottom right: 208Poem: Kawasemi ya/hane o yosoute/mizu kagamiThe kingfisher-/preening his feathers/in a mirror of waterKawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer. The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris. Hiroshige employs the same poem on other prints in the collection with similar imagery.

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame | above publisher's seal

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.157

Type

  • Prints

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Common Kingfisher and Doublefile Viburnum (Yabudemari ni kawasemi), 1840s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 34.3 x 11.4 cm (13 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.157

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