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Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目 歌川広重

Kingfisher and water plants (Mizuaoi ni kawasemi)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1826-1869, b. in Edo)
Yamashiroya Jinpachi (Japanese), publisher

Title

Kingfisher and water plants (Mizuaoi ni kawasemi)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1847-1852

Medium

  • polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

color, ink

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 22.2 x 16.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above and at right [text and poems] Kawasemi ya (translates to) The kingfisher- hane o yosoute (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.

Signature: Shigenobu hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Yamajin han; censor's seals | Murata Heiemon (top round seal) | Kinugasa Fusajiro

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.387

Type

  • Prints

Related

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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Kingfisher and sweet flag iris (Kakitsubata ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1826-1869, b. in Edo)
Yamashiroya Jinpachi (Japanese), publisher
Kingfisher and water plants (Mizuaoi ni kawasemi), 1847-1852
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 22.2 x 16.4 cm (8 3/4 x 6 7/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.387

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