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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Moon and Plum (Tsuki ni ume), Edo Period

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

Moon and Plum (Tsuki ni ume)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 33.3 x 11.1 cm (13 1/8 x 4 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobu

Gently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | Mera Taichirô

Identification

State

A later state than 34.170 with moon and solid blue background. The character "ru" in "naru" in the second line of the poem has been shortened so as to remain outside the edge of the moon and the sky block has been reduced.

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.171

About

Moon and Plum (Tsuki ni ume)

Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobu

Gently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | Mera Taichirô

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
A later state than 34.170 with moon and solid blue background. The character "ru" in "naru" in the second line of the poem has been shortened so as to remain outside the edge of the moon and the sky block has been reduced.

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

An Abundance of Color

March 5 - May 30, 2004

Spring Blossoms

March 10 - June 6, 1999

Spring Blossoms

March 17 - June 11, 1995

Kacho-ga II

Related

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume), Edo (Japanese period)

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Moon and Plum (Tsuki ni ume) with the accession number of 34.171. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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