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Morning Glories, Umbrella, and White Rooster


傘に鶏に朝顔
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Ôtanzaku; 38.2 x 17.3 cm (15 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7921
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #11 (different edition); RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #73; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 144; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #3.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1143, 21.7920, 21.7921
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsPoem: Nakeba koso/ wakare o oshime/ tori no ne no/ kikoenu sato no/ akatsuki mo kana
鳴波古楚 別於尾志女 鶏野音廼 喜挙江奴里之 暁茂加奈
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.