Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Title
Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Confederate Rose (Fuyô ni Ôruri)
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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Image: 32.9 x 10.6 cm (12 15/16 x 4 3/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Poem: Ariyake no/nurete ochitaru/fuyo kanaThe morning moon-/the mallow wet with early dew Ariyake means the moon still visible in the morning on certain days of the month. The rose mallows have collected the moisture in their cup-like flowers and will soon drop from the weight of the water. The poem can be given an erotic reading using the same imagery. For other prints with the same poem see 34.186 (Box 59) and 20.1243 (Box 1).
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.182 Type
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