Kingfisher and Wild Chrysanthemums

野菊に翡翠

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 11.1 x 17.6 cm (4 3/8 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Louis W. Black

Accession NumberRES.51.11

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #326

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8646, RES.51.11

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
廣重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

InscriptionsPoem: Isshoku ya/ tsukuranu kiku no/ hana sakari
一色や　作らぬきくの　花さかり

Provenance1951, gift of Louis W. Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)