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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Iris (かきづばた Kakitsubata), Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Iris (かきづばた Kakitsubata)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban: 22.6 x 28.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Censor's seal: 改 aratame; Date seal: 辰四 Shinshi (Dragon 4 - 1856, 4th month)

Marks: On verso, at bottom left in pencil: 223

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.328

Iris (かきづばた Kakitsubata)
from the series Six Flowers (六花撰之内 Rokkasen no uchi)
Six flowers
Rokkasen no uchi

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Censor's seal: 改 aratame; Date seal: 辰四 Shinshi (Dragon 4 - 1856, 4th month)

Marks: On verso, at bottom left in pencil: 223

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Summer Brilliance

June 14 - September 15, 1996

Bird-and-Flower Prints

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

May 11 - June 30, 1990

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

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