Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Tree Sparrows and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Tree Sparrows and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni suzume)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.186

Tree Sparrows and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni suzume)

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

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