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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Dragonfly and Confederate Rose (descriptive)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)

Title

Dragonfly and Confederate Rose (descriptive)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

34.3 x 7.5 cm (13 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Seirei ya/ima kamiagaru/tsuribinzao

Just now/the dragonfly/is drawing moisture [from the flower]

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | Watanabe Jiemon

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.082

Type

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 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Dragonfly and Confederate Rose (descriptive), 1843-1847
wood block print
34.3 x 7.5 cm (13 1/2 x 2 15/16 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.082

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