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紫陽花に翡翠
Kingfisher and Hydrangea
紫陽花に翡翠
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; 32.9 x 11 cm (12 15/16 x 4 1/3 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.224
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #45
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8079, 54.224
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：普
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：普
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Ajisai ya/ tsuyu ni henge no/ nana Komachi
紫陽花や 露にへん化の 七小まち
紫陽花や 露にへん化の 七小まち
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)