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Magpie and Azalea


躑躅に鵲
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 38.3 x 13.1 cm (15 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.2065
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #197; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #21; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #23.36
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1141, 11.2065, 21.7984

"The evening mountain--/ is it renewed in sunlight with/ azalea flowers?"
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Yûyama ni/ tsutsuji ni naoru/ hiyori ka na
夕山の 躑躅に直る 日和かな
ProvenanceBy 1911, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; November 2, 1911, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 2, 1911)