Double Cherry in Flower

八重桜

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; 36.8 x 13 cm (14 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8052

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #19

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seal: Mera
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem by Gojûrinren Tôri: Hareru made/ ni shite machiakazu/ yayoi sora
晴れるまて　にして待あかす　やよひ空　五十鈴連　桃李