Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) A BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE ON A STEM OF ROSE MALLOW, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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December 17, 02:44 PM GMT
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12,000 - 14,000 GBP
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
A BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE ON A STEM OF ROSE MALLOW
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige hitsu, artist’s seal Ichiryusai, circa 1830s
Chutanzaku:
38.9 x 13 cm., 15 3/8 x 5 1/8 in.
The poem at the upper right has been translated by John T. Carpenter:
Ariake no
Nurete ochitaru
Fuyo kana
At the break of day,
dew drenched, its petals drop—
the rose mallow.
For another impression in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (The MET), accession no. JP1898, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60027973
For another in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 21.7977, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/235594