Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peonies (Botan), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Peonies (Botan)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

23.1 x 29.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in pencil: YJ 4/[Japanese Characters]

Inscription on red within yellow frame at left.
[text and poems]
Inscription in rectangular cartouche has the name Matsuda Mutsu of the samurai class (daijo) and his address Owaricho itchome yokomachi (or yokocho)

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's emblem | Wakasaya Yoichi; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.3

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.315

About

Peonies (Botan)

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in pencil: YJ 4/[Japanese Characters]

Inscription on red within yellow frame at left.
[text and poems]
Inscription in rectangular cartouche has the name Matsuda Mutsu of the samurai class (daijo) and his address Owaricho itchome yokomachi (or yokocho)

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's emblem | Wakasaya Yoichi; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.3

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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