Blossoming Plum, from the series Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan rôeishû)

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Blossoming Plum, from the series Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan rôeishû)

「和漢朗詠集」　梅樹

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1842–43 (Tenpô 13–14)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.3 x 25.8 cm (14 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6851

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ôban #65.3

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：極

InscriptionsChinese poem

ProvenanceDecember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.