Image

RISDM 34-287.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and hydrangea (Ajisai ni kawasemi), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Kingfisher and hydrangea (Ajisai ni kawasemi)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.2 x 17.4 cm (15 1/16 x 6 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription near center. [text and poems] Ajisai ya (translates to) Like the hydrangea blooming beside the water mizu ni sakine to (translates to) one may be of a different color mizukusashi (translates to) later on 34.146 K121; 34.287/K76Hydrangeas change color from the time they first bloom to their height. So too can a person (likely a courtesan likened to the opulent flower) change one's mind in the midst of an assignation or affair.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Yusai; publisher's seal | Kikakudo han

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.287

About

Kingfisher and hydrangea (Ajisai ni kawasemi)

Inscription near center. [text and poems] Ajisai ya (translates to) Like the hydrangea blooming beside the water mizu ni sakine to (translates to) one may be of a different color mizukusashi (translates to) later on 34.146 K121; 34.287/K76Hydrangeas change color from the time they first bloom to their height. So too can a person (likely a courtesan likened to the opulent flower) change one's mind in the midst of an assignation or affair.

Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Yusai; publisher's seal | Kikakudo han

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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