Image

RISDM 34-369.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Begonia (Shukaido ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Kingfisher and Begonia (Shukaido ni kawasemi)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 22.7 x 16.8 cm (8 15/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, top left:11,498;verso, bottom left: [Illegible][text and poems] Kawasemi ya (translates to) The kingfisher- hane o yoso te (translates to) preening his feathers mizu kagami (translates to) in a mirror of water poem signed Rosen Kawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer. The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris. Hiroshige employs the same poem on other prints in the collection with similar imagery.

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Yusai

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.369

About

Kingfisher and Begonia (Shukaido ni kawasemi)

Inscription verso, top left:11,498;verso, bottom left: [Illegible][text and poems] Kawasemi ya (translates to) The kingfisher- hane o yoso te (translates to) preening his feathers mizu kagami (translates to) in a mirror of water poem signed Rosen Kawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer. The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris. Hiroshige employs the same poem on other prints in the collection with similar imagery.

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Yusai

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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