Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重
Kingfisher and Hydrangeas, Edo Period
Title
Kingfisher and Hydrangeas
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
Chūtanzaku: 34.8 x 10.9 cm (13 11/16 x 4 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription Text/Poem: あち゛さいや 藪を小庭の別坐しき 翁
Translation: Outside the detached house in a neglected garden-hydrangeas
*Poem signed Ô or Okina (meaning Matsuo Bashô [1644-1694]
Signature: 重宣筆 Shigenobu hitsu (Brushed by Shigenobu)
Seals: Censor's seal: 改 Aratame
Marks: Inscription in pencil verso, bottom right:NS2567/[Japanese Characters]
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.195.2
Kingfisher and Hydrangeas
Inscription Text/Poem: あち゛さいや 藪を小庭の別坐しき 翁
Translation: Outside the detached house in a neglected garden-hydrangeas
*Poem signed Ô or Okina (meaning Matsuo Bashô [1644-1694]
Signature: 重宣筆 Shigenobu hitsu (Brushed by Shigenobu)
Seals: Censor's seal: 改 Aratame
Marks: Inscription in pencil verso, bottom right:NS2567/[Japanese Characters]
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
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