Image

RISDM 34-300.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Canary and rose mallow (Fuyo ni kanaria)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher

Title

Canary and rose mallow (Fuyo ni kanaria)
Yellow Bird and Cotton Rose

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1852

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 17.5 x 22.9 cm (6 7/8 x 9 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom center: 907; inscription in a later hand verso, bottom right: XU401/[Japanese Characters]

Signature: Signature at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | Mera Taichiro | top round seal | Watanabe Shoemon

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.300

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Art of the Fan
Uchiwa-e in Japanese Prints
Dec 07, 2001 – Mar 03, 2002

Label copy

The cotton rose (fuyo) is a type of hibiscus that blooms in late summer and fall. The bird here may be a canary.

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher
Canary and rose mallow (Fuyo ni kanaria); Yellow Bird and Cotton Rose, 1852
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 17.5 x 22.9 cm (6 7/8 x 9 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.300

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