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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White eye and aronia (Kaido ni mejiro)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

White eye and aronia (Kaido ni mejiro)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s-1840s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 19.1 x 12.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]
Taiboku ya/hazure hazure wa/wakakaede
Among the tall trees, here and there young maples

Signature: Signed on both | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Shoeido ~ bottom

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.268B

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
White eye and aronia (Kaido ni mejiro), 1830s-1840s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 19.1 x 12.2 cm (7 1/2 x 4 13/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.268B

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