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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

White Heron and Flag Iris (Kakitsubata ni shirasagi), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

White Heron and Flag Iris (Kakitsubata ni shirasagi)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 37.3 x 16.4 cm (14 11/16 x 6 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Rectangular white label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in ink: A542

Inscription above.
[text and poems]
Chinese poem:
Like thousands of snowflakes white herons land in a field of rice;
a yellow nightingale alights on a tree like a flower on a branch

Signature: Signature at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiroshige

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.274

About

White Heron and Flag Iris (Kakitsubata ni shirasagi)
燕子花に白鷺

Rectangular white label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in ink: A542

Inscription above.
[text and poems]
Chinese poem:
Like thousands of snowflakes white herons land in a field of rice;
a yellow nightingale alights on a tree like a flower on a branch

Signature: Signature at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Hiroshige

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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