Kingfisher and Iris

花菖蒲に川蝉

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 34.4 x 11.7 cm (13 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1478

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #289

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1478, 21.8044

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Hiro

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