Image
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
Kingfisher and Iris (Hanashobu 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: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Image: 33 x 11.4 cm (13 x 4 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: X3824 [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand verso, bottom right in pencil: 30[text and poems] Kawasemi ya (translates to) The kingfisher- hane o yoso te (translates to) preening his feathers mizu kagami (translates to) in a mirror of waterKawasemi is a season word (kigo) for summer. The poem also alludes to a man preening himselfbefore meeting a woman symbolized by the iris. Hiroshige employs the same poem on other prints in the collection with similar imagery.
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai | top; censor's seal | part | trimmed, top margin Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.254 Type
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Tombstone
Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Japanese, 1717-1875), publisher
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