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紫陽花に川蝉
Kingfisher and Hydrangea
紫陽花に川蝉
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 38.2 x 15.4 cm (15 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7903
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), #III.17; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #193; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #76; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #6.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7902, 21.7903, 47.21
No publisher's mark on this impression.
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 253.
No publisher's mark on this impression.
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 253.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Ajisai ya/ mizu ni sakanedo/ mizu kusashi
紫陽花や 水に咲ねと 水くさし
紫陽花や 水に咲ねと 水くさし
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.