Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Sanoya Kihei, 1717-1875, Japanese, publisher
Title
Kingfisher and Iris (Hanashobu ni kawasemi)
Year
1840's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 33 x 11.4 cm (13 x 4 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: X3824 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand verso, bottom right in pencil: 30[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 waterKawasemi 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
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.254
Related
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