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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

White eyes and snake gourds (Karasuuri ni mejiro)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.271A

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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