Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia (Mokuren ni bunchô), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia (Mokuren ni bunchô)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 36.8 x 12.2 cm (14 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Omoshiroki/sakura no ato ya/mokurengeExtraordinary!/After the cherry blossoms,/the magnolias bloom (trans. Marks in Bogel)A slightly different reading is: Omoshiroki/sakura no ato ya/mokuren hana* How marvelous-/after cherry blossoms/come magnoliasK344/34.341*read "ge" in Bogel, a correct reading but the poem needs the extra syllable to complete the line so the other reading "hana" is preferable.

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.222.1

About

Java Sparrow and Lily Magnolia (Mokuren ni bunchô)

Poem: Omoshiroki/sakura no ato ya/mokurengeExtraordinary!/After the cherry blossoms,/the magnolias bloom (trans. Marks in Bogel)A slightly different reading is: Omoshiroki/sakura no ato ya/mokuren hana* How marvelous-/after cherry blossoms/come magnoliasK344/34.341*read "ge" in Bogel, a correct reading but the poem needs the extra syllable to complete the line so the other reading "hana" is preferable.

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

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

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Exhibition History

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