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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Peonies (Botan)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher

Title

Peonies (Botan)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1854.3

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

23.1 x 29.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom left with inscription in pencil: YJ 4/[Japanese Characters]

Inscription on red within yellow frame at left.
[text and poems]
Inscription in rectangular cartouche has the name Matsuda Mutsu of the samurai class (daijo) and his address Owaricho itchome yokomachi (or yokocho)

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's emblem | Wakasaya Yoichi; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.315

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市 (Japanese, 1794 - 1846), publisher
Peonies (Botan), 1854.3
Polychrome woodblock print
23.1 x 29.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.315

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