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紫陽花に川蝉
Kingfisher and Hydrangea
紫陽花に川蝉
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 37 x 16.7 cm (14 9/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.21
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), #III.17; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #193; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #76; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #6.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.7902, 21.7903, 47.21
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 253.
Poem translated in San Francisco 1998, p. 253.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
InscriptionsPoem: Ajisai ya/ mizu ni sakanedo/ mizu kusashi
紫陽花や 水に咲ねと 水くさし
紫陽花や 水に咲ねと 水くさし
Provenance1947, gift of Lucy Truman Aldrich (b. 1869 - d. 1955), Providence, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 9, 1947)