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Utagawa Hiroshige

Quiet (Beauty and koto), 1847-1852

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Aritaya Seiemon, ca. 19th century, Japanese, publisher

Title

Quiet (Beauty and koto)

Year

1847-1852

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 36.7 x 24.8 cm (14 7/16 x 9 3/4 inches) (Mat size: C)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]
Medetasa no kanai sorotte yanagi kana

The literal translation of the inscription is: felicitously/all the family/come together/willow (yanagi). The looser meaning is that all the family is alive and healthy at the New Year: Happiness is when the entire family is together-the willow tree

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mr. Curtis B. Brooks

Object Number

48.349

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints by Hiroshige

October 31 - November 19, 1961

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 Quiet (Beauty and koto) with the accession number of 48.349. 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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