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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus (Tororoaoi ni ôruri), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus (Tororoaoi ni ôruri)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 38.6 x 13 cm (15 3/16 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Chinese poem:
Autumn air washed by cool breezes,
Southern sun sweetening the dew on the hollyhocks.
The great heat has gone, and with it the cruel guards
and officials
When one is satisfied, what else is there to do?

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.215

About

Blue-and-white Flycatcher and Sunset Hibiscus (Tororoaoi ni ôruri)

Chinese poem:
Autumn air washed by cool breezes,
Southern sun sweetening the dew on the hollyhocks.
The great heat has gone, and with it the cruel guards
and officials
When one is satisfied, what else is there to do?

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai; publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Kawashô); censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

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Exhibition History

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