Kingfisher and Wild Roses

薔薇にかわせみ

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Aitanzaku; 32.7 x 10.7 cm (12 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1472

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #47; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #290

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Kawasemi no/ hane o yosoute/ mizu kagami
川蝉の　羽を粧ふて　水かゝみ

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross