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葵に瑠璃鳥
Bluebird and Hollyhock
葵に瑠璃鳥
Japanese
Edo period
early 1830s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 37.3 x 12.3 cm (14 11/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1316
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #24; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #96; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #8; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #24.06
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1316, 06.1459, 21.7969
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
InscriptionsChinese poem
清風秋気爽 露？日南葵 大暑去酷吏 衛足亦何為
清風秋気爽 露？日南葵 大暑去酷吏 衛足亦何為
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross