Image
Description
Maker
- Wakasaya Yoichi, Japanese, publisher
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Title
Kingfisher and Lacecap Hydrangeas (Ajisai ni kawasemi)
Year
1857.2
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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32.7 x 10.9 cm (12 7/8 x 4 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem:
Ajisai ya/yabu o koniwa no/betsuzashiki
Outside the detached house in a neglected garden-hydrangeas
Poem signed Ô or Okina (meaning Matsuo Bashô [1644-1694])This is the first poem of a linked-poem occasion held in the fifth month of Genroku 7 at the home of Koson, a pupil of Matsuo Bashô (1644-1694). The poets are presumably looking at a hydrangea bush in a small unkempt garden attached to the main portion of the house.
Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.195.1
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