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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni suzume)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher

Title

Tree Sparrows and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni suzume)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 32.9 x 36.5 cm (12 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyô kana The morning moon-/the mallow wet with early dewAriyake means the moon still visible in the morning on certain days of the month. The rose mallows have collected the moisture in their cup-like flowers and will soon drop from the weight of the water. The poem can be given an erotic reading using the same imagery. For another print with the same poem see 20.1243.Also 34.241 [DDG 12/14/2005]

Signature: Signed LR | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; Publisher's seal | Sanoya Kihei

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.186

Type

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher
Tree Sparrows and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni suzume), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 32.9 x 36.5 cm (12 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.186

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