Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Wagtail and Rabbit-ear Iris (Kakitsubata ni sekirei), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

Title

Wagtail and Rabbit-ear Iris (Kakitsubata ni sekirei)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Oval white label affixed verso, top left with inscription in ink: LR4744/[Japanese Characters]
Inscription verso, top left: [Japanese Characters?] [Illegible]

Poem:

Kakitsubata/nitari ya nitari ya/mizu no kage Kakitsubata

it's the same thing, the same thing/in a water mirror

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Izumiya Ichibei (Sen'ichi)

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.065

Wagtail and Rabbit-ear Iris (Kakitsubata ni sekirei)

Oval white label affixed verso, top left with inscription in ink: LR4744/[Japanese Characters]
Inscription verso, top left: [Japanese Characters?] [Illegible]

Poem:

Kakitsubata/nitari ya nitari ya/mizu no kage Kakitsubata

it's the same thing, the same thing/in a water mirror

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Izumiya Ichibei (Sen'ichi)

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

Exhibition History

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