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蝶
Butterflies
蝶
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Center third of horizontal ōban sheet (sanchōgake); 25.1 x 12.5 cm (9 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7861
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ōta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachōga ten (1997), #s 96 (this design), 97 (uncut sheet of three designs); RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #167 (uncut sheet); Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 239, sanchōgake #9.19?
Description21.7860 is from the same sheet.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Ichiryūsai
InscriptionsPoem: Chō karoshi/ koro wa kiru mono/ hitotsu kana
蝶かろし 頃は着もの ひとつ哉 湖春
蝶かろし 頃は着もの ひとつ哉 湖春