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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
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #45
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8079, 54.224
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
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
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)