Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kingfisher and Roses (Bara ni kawasemi), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Kingfisher and Roses (Bara ni kawasemi)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 33.3 x 10.8 cm (13 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem: Kawasemi ya/hane o yosoute/mizu kagamiThe kingfisher-/preening his feathers/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 left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censors' seals | Watanabe Shôemon | Kinugasa Fusajirô

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.180

About

Kingfisher and Roses (Bara ni kawasemi)

Poem: Kawasemi ya/hane o yosoute/mizu kagamiThe kingfisher-/preening his feathers/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 left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censors' seals | Watanabe Shôemon | Kinugasa Fusajirô

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

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Use

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