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Pinks and Butterfly


撫子に蝶
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kotanzaku; 35.8 x 7.7 cm (14 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8496
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #141 (Yamashiroya edition); Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 162 (Yamashiroya edition)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19977 (no publisher's mark), 21.8496 (Aritaya edition), 21.8497 (Yamashiroya edition)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Nadeshiko no/ haru kashikosa ni/ utsukushiki
撫子の 春かしこさに 美くしき
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.