Kingfisher and Bellflowers

桔梗にかわせみ

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions One third of horizontal ôban sheet (sanchôgake); 24.4 x 12.3 cm (9 5/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9591

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #94; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #367

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

InscriptionsPoem: Asa tsuyu no/ wakete ukitatsu/ kikyô kana
朝露の　分てうき立　桔梗かな