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Kingfisher and Iris


燕子花に川蝉
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.4 x 13.2 cm (14 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1270
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #320; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #23.13?
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1270, 21.7945
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Artist's seal: Hiroshige
InscriptionsPoem: Amadare ni/ sode mo ayame ni/ nioikeri
雨垂に 袖もあやめに 匂いけり
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross