Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Rabbit Ear Iris and Frog, Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Rabbit Ear Iris and Frog

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

34.6 x 7.3 cm (13 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:Kakitsubata/nitari ya nitari/mizu no kage Iris/is iris again/reflected in waterThe use of the poem may imply that the frog in the image may be confused by which iris is real.Both the kigo (season words) for iris and frog mean spring although here the word "frog" does not appear in the poem, only in the image.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censors' seal | Watanabe Jiemon

Place

Place Made: Edo (location); Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.085

About

Rabbit Ear Iris and Frog

Poem:Kakitsubata/nitari ya nitari/mizu no kage Iris/is iris again/reflected in waterThe use of the poem may imply that the frog in the image may be confused by which iris is real.Both the kigo (season words) for iris and frog mean spring although here the word "frog" does not appear in the poem, only in the image.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censors' seal | Watanabe Jiemon

Place Made: Edo (location); Place Made: Japan

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Use

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