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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Maker

  • Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

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

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and colors

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.413

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)

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

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

A Medley of Irises

June 13 - November 29, 2026

Hiroshige

March 7 - June 1, 2003

Meisho

June 9 - September 5, 1999

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Sakasai Ferry Crossing (Sakasai no watashi), Edo Period

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The hundred thousand-tsubo plain Susaki, Fukagawa (Fukagawa susaki jumantsubo), Edo Period

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Yabu Lane at the Foot of Atago (Atagoshita yabukōji), Edo (Japanese period)
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