Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsujiya Yasubei 辻屋安兵衛 (1842-1863
Title
Common Kingfisher, Reeds, and Japanese Spatterdock (Ashi to kôhone ni kawasemi)
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: 34 x 11.1 cm (13 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left: D531; in a later hand inscribed verso, bottom towards the right: [E]441
Poem:
Fune niguru/kishi no koebi ya/natsu no tsukiSmall shrimp by the shore/fleeing as the boat comes in/under summer's moon
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Hiro; publisher's seal | Tsujiyasu Yasubei (Tsujiyasu); censor's seals | Mera Taichirô | Watanabe Shôemon; date seal | Kaei 6, 3rd month Identification
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Edition
The later of the two states in the collection (see 34.156.2) because of the presence of the moon and less wear to the block evident in the impression (compare publisher's seals) Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.156.1 Type
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Tombstone
Tsujiya Yasubei 辻屋安兵衛 (1842-1863
Active in Edo), publisher
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