Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Maker
Title
Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
color, ink
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Plate: 37 x 12.9 cm (14 9/16 x 5 1/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left: MIC-3-5 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom right: MOC [Japanese Characters]
Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobu
Gently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle
Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Censor's seal | Mera Taichirô
Identification
State
See Bogel entries for this example and 34.171 for the differences between the two states. This is the earlier state with finer printing and coloration and lacking the moon and darker blue ground.
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.170
About
Blossoming Plum Branches (Ume)
Inscription verso, bottom left: MIC-3-5 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom right: MOC [Japanese Characters]
Poem:
Nodokasa ni/yawaraka* ni naru/chikara kobu
Gently nurtured/in complete tranquility/bundles of muscle
Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Censor's seal | Mera Taichirô
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
See Bogel entries for this example and 34.171 for the differences between the two states. This is the earlier state with finer printing and coloration and lacking the moon and darker blue ground.
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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