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Utagawa Hiroshige

Turtle [in stream], ca. 1840

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Maruya Seijiro, publisher

Title

Turtle [in stream]

Year

ca. 1840

Medium

Woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

wood block,
woodcut

Supports

paper

Dimensions

Plate: 23 x 17.6 cm (9 1/16 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription at right and above [text and poems]Ryokusui(translates to) Blue water, ryokumousen (translates to) contented strands of blue hair

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.380

Exhibition History

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 17, 2010 - April 17, 2011

The text on the left compares the tortoise with a Daoist immortal (sennin), thus alluding to the tortoise’s great longevity.

The Lure of Ink

March 6 - July 5, 2009

Prints for the Japanese New Year

December 15, 1995 - March 10, 1996

Use

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