Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Roses, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Kingfisher and Roses

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Aitanzaku: 33.3 x 10.8 cm (13 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 川蝉の　羽を粧ふて　水かゝみ
Translation: The kingfisher preening his feathers in a mirror of water

*Kawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer.
** The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris.

Signature: Signed at left: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Censors' seals: 衣笠 Kinugasa (Kinugasa Fusajirō)、渡辺 Watanabe (Watanabe Shōemon)

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.180

Kingfisher and Roses

Inscription Text/Poem: 川蝉の　羽を粧ふて　水かゝみ
Translation: The kingfisher preening his feathers in a mirror of water

*Kawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer.
** The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris.

Signature: Signed at left: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Censors' seals: 衣笠 Kinugasa (Kinugasa Fusajirō)、渡辺 Watanabe (Watanabe Shōemon)

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

Exhibition History

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