Image
Description
Maker
Title
Pheasant and chrysanthemums (Kiku ni kiji)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
color, inkSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Plate: 37 x 17 cm (14 9/16 x 6 11/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription UL [text and poems] Kiku no ka ya (translates to ) Chrysanthemum scent-- fukumeru tsuyu no (translates to) every time a drop of dew chirutabi ni (translates to) drips down from inside!(trans. Marks in Bogel)a more simple translation may be read: Kiku no ka ya (translates to) Each time fukumeru tsuyu no (translates to) the dew falls chiru tabini (translates to) chrysanthemums are fragrant
Signature: Signature below | Hiroshige hitsu
Identification
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State
The second state by Sanoya Kihei with a yellow ground, no censor's seal and no embossing; Bogel entry notes that this print was copied by the Osaka artist Hasegawa Sadanobu in the 1850s with many differences (see Christie's, London, March 1986, lot 115). Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.278.2 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
Related
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Tombstone
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher
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