Image

A seated woman in a robe of swirling blue and red designs preparing to play a thirteen-stringed zither. Above her is a poem and a tree with blossoms made of coins.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Good-Natured (Otonashiki), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Culture

Edo

Title

Good-Natured (Otonashiki)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36.7 x 24.8 cm (14 7/16 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

[text and poems]
Medetasa no kanai sorotte yanagi kana

The literal translation of the inscription is: felicitously/all the family/come together/willow (yanagi). The looser meaning is that all the family is alive and healthy at the New Year: Happiness is when the entire family is together-the willow tree

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Censors'seals | Murata Heiemon | Mera Taichiro

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mr. Curtis B. Brooks

Object Number

48.349

About

Good-Natured (Otonashiki)
from the series Money Trees for Virtuous Women (Fukutoku kane no naru ki)
Fukutoku kane no naruki

[text and poems]
Medetasa no kanai sorotte yanagi kana

The literal translation of the inscription is: felicitously/all the family/come together/willow (yanagi). The looser meaning is that all the family is alive and healthy at the New Year: Happiness is when the entire family is together-the willow tree

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Censors'seals | Murata Heiemon | Mera Taichiro

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

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