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梅
Flowering Plum Tree
梅
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 34.8 x 11.3 cm (13 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8050
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #s 124 (with moon), 125; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 164; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #s 33, 34 (with moon)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8050 (white background), 21.8051 (blue background)
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Mera
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem by Arimatsu: Nodokasa ni/ yawaraka ni naru/ chikara kobu
長閑さに やはらかになる 力こぶ 有松
長閑さに やはらかになる 力こぶ 有松