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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Swallow and iris (Hanashobu ni tsubame), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Swallow and iris (Hanashobu ni tsubame)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 32.1 x 11.3 cm (12 5/8 x 4 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 60.

[text and poems]
Hanashobu/ sumai homehome/furo ni iru

A bath at a comfortable home-sweet flag iris

The sweet-flag plant (shobu) has a strong and pleasant smell and is placed in the bath to scent it. "Sumai homehome" implies that one is visiting someone else and is complimenting them on the comfort of his home and care of the guest. The iris refers also to the fifth day of the fifth month.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.255

About

Swallow and iris (Hanashobu ni tsubame)

Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 60.

[text and poems]
Hanashobu/ sumai homehome/furo ni iru

A bath at a comfortable home-sweet flag iris

The sweet-flag plant (shobu) has a strong and pleasant smell and is placed in the bath to scent it. "Sumai homehome" implies that one is visiting someone else and is complimenting them on the comfort of his home and care of the guest. The iris refers also to the fifth day of the fifth month.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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