Morning Glories and Cricket, from the series A Compendium of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana zukushi)

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Morning Glories and Cricket, from the series A Compendium of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana zukushi)

「四季の花尽」　朝顔

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

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

Dimensions Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 22.7 x 29 cm (8 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10125

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 230, fan prints #40.1

Signed Hiroshige hitsu

広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter'a mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Asagao no/ akarenu sono hi/ sono hi ka na
朝顔の　あかれぬその日　その日かな

ProvenanceFebruary 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.