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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Roses (Bara ni kawasemi)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Kingfisher and Roses (Bara ni kawasemi)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1847-1852

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Kawasemi ya/hane o yosoute/mizu kagamiThe kingfisher-/preening his feathers/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.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censors' seals | Watanabe Shôemon | Kinugasa Fusajirô

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.180

Type

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kingfisher and Roses (Bara ni kawasemi), 1847-1852
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 33.3 x 10.8 cm (13 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.180

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