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Pinks and Snails

Pinks and Snails

撫子にかたつむり

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.8 x 12.6 cm (14 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7967

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: ... nadeshiko

ProvenanceFebruary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from S. Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.