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花菖蒲に白鷺
White Heron and Iris
花菖蒲に白鷺
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 37.5 x 17.3 cm (14 3/4 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6826
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #197; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #s 7-8; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #79; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #7.4
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1159, 21.6826, 21.7908, 21.7909, 47.130
The poem reads:
White herons fly low across the fields, like a thousand flakes of snow;
Yellow birds perch on the tree, like flowers clustered on a branch.
The poem reads:
White herons fly low across the fields, like a thousand flakes of snow;
Yellow birds perch on the tree, like flowers clustered on a branch.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsChinese poem
白鷺下田千點雪 黄鴬上樹一枝花
白鷺下田千點雪 黄鴬上樹一枝花
ProvenanceBetween 1906 and 1909, acquired by Mr. and Mrs. John Osgood (Elizabeth Cameron) Blanchard in Japan; April 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Blanchard sale, American Art Galleries, New York; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.