Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Longevity, Chrysanthemums, Edo Period
Maker
Title
Longevity, Chrysanthemums
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban: 23.6 x 30.3 cm (9 5/16 x 11 15/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription Text/Poem: 名翁草といへるも本の寿命永きをいへり慈童ハ此水を汲て七百歳をたもち漢の閻明是を愛す
Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)
Seals: Censor's seal: 田中 Tanaka (Tanaka Heishiro)
Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: Russel #40[text and poems]
Place
Place Made: Japan
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.305
Longevity, Chrysanthemums
from the series Gods of Good Fortune Represented as Flowers (花尽見立福禄寿 Hana Zukushi Mitate Fukurokuju)
Inscription Text/Poem: 名翁草といへるも本の寿命永きをいへり慈童ハ此水を汲て七百歳をたもち漢の閻明是を愛す
Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)
Seals: Censor's seal: 田中 Tanaka (Tanaka Heishiro)
Marks: On verso, at bottom right in pencil: Russel #40[text and poems]
Place Made: Japan
Exhibition History
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