Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛 (Japanese, ca. 1686–1886 in Edo, Japan), publisher
Title
Wagtail and Rabbit-ear Iris (Kakitsubata ni sekirei)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Oval white label affixed verso, top left with inscription in ink: LR4744/[Japanese Characters]
Inscription verso, top left: [Japanese Characters?] [Illegible]Poem:
Kakitsubata/nitari ya nitari ya/mizu no kage Kakitsubata
it's the same thing, the same thing/in a water mirror
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Publisher's seal | Izumiya Ichibei (Sen'ichi)
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.065 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
Related
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Tombstone
Izumiya Ichibei 和泉屋市兵衛 (Japanese, ca. 1686–1886 in Edo, Japan), publisher
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