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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 Ōtanzaku; 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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ōta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachōga ten (1997), #11 (different edition); RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #73; Hizō Ukiyo-e taikan 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 144; Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ōtanzaku #3.3

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1143, 21.7920, 21.7921

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryūsai

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.