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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Japanese White-eyes and Maples (Benikaede ni mejiro)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Japanese White-eyes and Maples (Benikaede ni mejiro)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1854.2

Medium

Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Polychrome wood block print

Materials

color, ink

Supports

paper

Geography

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

Dimensions

Plate: 33.7 x 11 cm (13 1/4 x 4 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White square label affixed verso, bottom right corner with inscription in pencil: NV/2639/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | Ansei 1, 2nd month; publisher's seal | Tsutaya Kichizô

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.148.2

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Of Clover and Chrysanthemum

Autumn Themes in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Sep 01, 2010 – Dec 12, 2010

Label copy

In Japan, the maple tree is as characteristic of autumn as the cherry tree is of spring.

Of Clover and Chrysanthemums

Autumn Themes on Paper and Cloth

Sep 15, 1995 – Dec 10, 1995

Hiroshige III

Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Japanese White-eyes and Maples (Benikaede ni mejiro), 1854.2

Polychrome wood block print

Plate: 33.7 x 11 cm (13 1/4 x 4 5/16 inches)

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.148.2

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