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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cricket and Morning Glories (Asagao ni kôrogi)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Cricket and Morning Glories (Asagao ni kôrogi)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo

Dimensions

Image: 37.9 x 12.9 cm (14 15/16 x 5 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Asagao ya/akarenu sono hi/sono hi kana

The morning glories/are out today! The morning/glories bloom today

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

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

Identification

Edition

Bogel entry remarks that no other impressions of this print appear to exist and that it is fortunate the RISD example is fine, noting particularly the sinuous calligraphy placed beside the twisting vine.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.234

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Cricket and Morning Glories (Asagao ni kôrogi), 1830s
Color woodblock print
Image: 37.9 x 12.9 cm (14 15/16 x 5 1/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.234

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