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Utagawa Hiroshige

Kingfisher and Begonia (Shukaido ni kawasemi), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Kingfisher and Begonia (Shukaido ni kawasemi)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 22.7 x 16.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, top left:11,498;verso, bottom left: [Illegible][text and poems] Kawasemi ya (translates to) The kingfisher- hane o yoso te (translates to) preening his feathers mizu kagami (translates to) in a mirror of water poem signed Rosen Kawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer. The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris. Hiroshige employs the same poem on other prints in the collection with similar imagery.

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.369

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Japanese Bird and Flower Prints

February 8 - June 6, 1985

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