Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Title
Rabbit Ear Iris and Frog
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
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Geography
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Place Made: Edo (location); Place Made: Japan
Dimensions
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34.6 x 7.3 cm (13 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches) (plate) ko-tanzaku; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 200
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem:Kakitsubata/nitari ya nitari/mizu no kage Iris/is iris again/reflected in waterThe use of the poem may imply that the frog in the image may be confused by which iris is real.Both the kigo (season words) for iris and frog mean spring although here the word "frog" does not appear in the poem, only in the image.
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Censors' seal | Watanabe Jiemon Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.085 Type
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