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 Sanchôgake; 25.1 x 12.6 cm (9 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession NumberRES.21.416

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

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

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9591, RES.21.416

Signed HIroshige hitsu
廣重筆

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