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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Little Egret and Softstem Bulrush

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Little Egret and Softstem Bulrush

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 36.9 x 12.3 cm (14 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 霜衣来蘆沼　縮頂覓鮮鱗　警爾元貧飽　忘機莫泥身
Translation: A heron came to a marsh of growing reeds, shrugging its head it looked for fresh fish, looking to sate his appetite-mind the mud!

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō); Censor's seal: 極 kiwame

Identification

Edition

Good early impression with bokashi in blue water; the Bogel cat. remarks on the popularity of the print evinced by worn blocks in later editions

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.219

Type

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Little Egret and Softstem Bulrush, 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Chūtanzakuban: 36.9 x 12.3 cm (14 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.219

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