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RISDM 34-156-1.tif RISDM 34-156-1.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Common Kingfisher, Reeds, and Japanese Spatterdock (Ashi to kôhone ni kawasemi), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Common Kingfisher, Reeds, and Japanese Spatterdock (Ashi to kôhone ni kawasemi)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 34 x 11.1 cm (13 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom left: D531; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom towards the right: [E]441

Poem:
Fune niguru/kishi no koebi ya/natsu no tsuki

Small shrimp by the shore/fleeing as the boat comes in/under summer's moon

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro; publisher's seal | Tsujiyasu Yasubei (Tsujiyasu); censor's seals | Mera Taichirô | Watanabe Shôemon; date seal | Kaei 6, 3rd month

Identification

Edition

The later of the two states in the collection (see 34.156.2) because of the presence of the moon and less wear to the block evident in the impression (compare publisher's seals)

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.156.1

About

Common Kingfisher, Reeds, and Japanese Spatterdock (Ashi to kôhone ni kawasemi)

The later of the two states in the collection (see 34.156.2) because of the presence of the moon and less wear to the block evident in the impression (compare publisher's seals)

Inscription verso, bottom left: D531; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom towards the right: [E]441

Poem:
Fune niguru/kishi no koebi ya/natsu no tsuki

Small shrimp by the shore/fleeing as the boat comes in/under summer's moon

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro; publisher's seal | Tsujiyasu Yasubei (Tsujiyasu); censor's seals | Mera Taichirô | Watanabe Shôemon; date seal | Kaei 6, 3rd month

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

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