Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri ni mejiro), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Title

White eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri ni mejiro)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.271A

About

White eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri ni mejiro)

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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