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Sweetfish and Hydrangeas


紫陽花に鮎
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 17.6 x 23 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9650
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #166 (uncut horizontal ôban sheet, aizuri); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, vertical chûban #27.1
DescriptionRight half of an ôban sheet; 21.9649 is the left half (from a sumizuri edition).
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Ajisai ya/ asaki ni shiwashi/ yo o bakasu
紫陽花や 浅黄にしはし 世を化かす