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Utagawa Hiroshige

Peonies (Botan), 1843-1847

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Peonies (Botan)

Year

1843-1847

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label affixed verso, top right corner with inscription in ink: [Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Tatami jiwa/kigise wa omoki/awase kana

When worn, the creases of a heavy lined kimono smooth out

Awase is a lined kimono worn between spring and summer. The peony is a flower which blooms at the same time. Omoki means "heavy." Perhaps the flowers, compressed like a folded lined kimono, smoothes out when the petals open.

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.187

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 Peonies (Botan) with the accession number of 34.187. 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.

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