Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Edoya Matsugoro, publisher
Title
Balloon Flowers (Kikyô)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 33.3 x 8.4 cm (13 1/8 x 3 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem:
Samazama ni/yo wa fuketeyuku/maka no tsukiThe half moon/in myriad permutations/as the night wears on
Samazama also means a myriad of colors, as in flowers. The poem implies that there are as many varieties of moon as there are of human spirits. The season is probably mid-autumn, the 8th month of the lunar calendar.
Signature: Hiroshige ga Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.091A Type
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