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Flowering Plum Tree


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; 36.9 x 12.7 cm (14 1/2 x 5 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8051
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #s 124 (with moon), 125; 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).
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Mera
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