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Utagawa Hiroshige

Moon, begonias, bell flowers and ominaeshi (Tsuki ni shukaido to kikyo to ominaeshi), 1853.1

Description

Maker

Title

Moon, begonias, bell flowers and ominaeshi (Tsuki ni shukaido to kikyo to ominaeshi)

Year

1853.1

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 22.7 x 29.4 cm (8 15/16 x 11 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: NJX970/[Japanese Characters]

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.329

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Of Clover and Chrysanthemum

September 1 - December 12, 2010

In Japan, autumn is considered the best season for viewing the moon, and a special moon viewing party was traditionally held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, which in this year, 2010, falls on September 22nd (according to the Gregorian calendar used internationally today).

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Moon, begonias, bell flowers and ominaeshi (Tsuki ni shukaido to kikyo to ominaeshi) with the accession number of 34.329. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.