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Yellow Rose (Yamabuki) and Frogs


山吹に蛙
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Ôtanzaku; 37.5 x 16.5 cm (14 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6793
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Carpenter, "Hiroshige no yakusha-e surimono," in Ukiyo-e geijutsu 160 (2010), p. 40, fig. 7; Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #3; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #6.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.6793, 21.7924
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem by Chôtei: Harusame ni/ furuku nagara mo/ yamabuki no/ mi no hitotsu dani/ naku kaeru ka na
「春雨の ふる句なからも 山吹の みのひとつたに なく蛙かな  長亭」
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin (lot 489); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.