Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yellow Bird and Japanese Iris (Hanashôbu ni kôchô)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)

Title

Yellow Bird and Japanese Iris (Hanashôbu ni kôchô)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1850s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Dimensions

Plate: 33.2 x 11.4 cm (13 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right:X4118 [Japanese Characters]Poem: Kinou made/yoso ni omoishi/ayamegusa/kyô waga yado no/tsuma to miru kanaThe iris-until yesterday I thought she was distant but today she and I are oneThe iris, symbolizing a woman, the man believed distant; today she is his wife. The Kobayashi botanist states that the flower in Hiroshige's image is not ayame as in the poem, but hanashôbu.

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.163

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Yellow Bird and Japanese Iris (Hanashôbu ni kôchô), 1850s
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 33.2 x 11.4 cm (13 1/16 x 4 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.163

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