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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri 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 eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri ni mejiro)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 18.7 x 13 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above.
[text and poems]
Shakuyaku ni/hatsuka no yoku ha/nakarikeri
Peony, don't you aim for twenty days? K 102 (34.271a,b)

Shakuyaku (paeonia lactiflora, Chinese peony) is an alternate for botan (paeonia suffruticosa). A Hatsukaso (20-day plant) is another name for peony; presumably they bloom up to twenty days. Botan is a metaphor for Yanguifei.

Signature: Signed upper left and lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seals | Shoeido | Kawasho | lower right, below signature

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.271A

Type

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
White eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri ni mejiro), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 18.7 x 13 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.271A

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