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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White eyes and snake gourds; Small bird and herbaceous peonies

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; Small bird and herbaceous peonies

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials

ink, color

Supports

paper

Geography

Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Sheet: 37.9 x 12.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 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

34.271

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Process and Function

Traditional Japanese Printmaking Technique

Jan 19, 2007 – May 27, 2007

Label copy

These two uncut prints were designed and printed on a single sheet of paper from the same set of woodblocks. Standard-size prints composed on standard-size papers made the process of printing more efficient and cost-effective.

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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 eyes and snake gourds; Small bird and herbaceous peonies, 1830s

Polychrome woodblock print

Sheet: 37.9 x 12.7 cm (14 15/16 x 5 inches)

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.271

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