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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Rooster and Lacecap Hydrangeas, Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

Rooster and Lacecap Hydrangeas

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Aitanzakuban: 34.2 x 11.5 cm (13 7/16 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 紫陽花や 水に咲ねと 水くさし
Translation: Hydrangea though told to bloom in water, it feels so distant.

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō)

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.146

Rooster and Lacecap Hydrangeas

Inscription Text/Poem: 紫陽花や 水に咲ねと 水くさし
Translation: Hydrangea though told to bloom in water, it feels so distant.

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō (Kawaguchiya Shōzō)

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

Exhibition History

Summer Brilliance

June 14 - September 15, 1996

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