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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Horikiri Iris Garden (堀切の花菖蒲 Horikiri no hanashōbu)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉 (1855 - 1866, Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Horikiri Iris Garden (堀切の花菖蒲 Horikiri no hanashōbu)
from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1857

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 35.7 x 23.7 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 広重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 下谷新黒 魚栄 (Shitaya Shinkuro Uoei)
Censor's seal: 改 aratame
Date seal: Snake intercalary 5 巳壬五

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.413

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

A Medley of Irises
Jun 13, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026
Hiroshige
Selections from the Collection
Mar 07, 2003 – Jun 01, 2003

Label copy

The village of Horikiri in the suburbs of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) was known for the cultivation of a particular kind of iris known in Japanese as hanashobu.

Meisho
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Jun 09, 1999 – Sep 05, 1999

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉 (1855 - 1866, Edo, Japan), publisher
Horikiri Iris Garden (堀切の花菖蒲 Horikiri no hanashōbu); from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban: 35.7 x 23.7 cm (14 1/16 x 9 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.413

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