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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 34.4 x 7.3 cm (13 9/16 x 2 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Kaze nakute (translates to) When there is no wind shizuka sugitari / fuji no hana (translates to) wisteria blossoms do not stirWisteria means the very end of spring. Butterfly is also a kigo (season word) for spring. The poem alludes to fujinami (wisteria wave), or the peak blossoming season for wisteria. Just as wind whips the waves, so the season brings about the crest of flowering.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu | Ichiryusai ~ seal

Seals: Censor's seal ~ Watanabe Shoemon

Seals: Printer's seal ~ Sanoki

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1235

About

Yellow bird and wisteria (Fuji ni kicho)

Kaze nakute (translates to) When there is no wind shizuka sugitari / fuji no hana (translates to) wisteria blossoms do not stirWisteria means the very end of spring. Butterfly is also a kigo (season word) for spring. The poem alludes to fujinami (wisteria wave), or the peak blossoming season for wisteria. Just as wind whips the waves, so the season brings about the crest of flowering.

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu | Ichiryusai ~ seal

Seals: Censor's seal ~ Watanabe Shoemon

Seals: Printer's seal ~ Sanoki

Place Made: Japan

Use

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