Irises of Horikiri, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 5th month, leap year 1857

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Dimensions: sheet: 14 × 9 5/8 in. (35.6 × 24.4 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1950.440
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, to 1950; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Censor’s seal mark: Mi urū go 巳壬五 (5th month 1857, leap year of the snake) (oval, relief, upper right margin) & Aratame 改 (round, relief, upper right margin)\r\nPublisher’s seal: Shitaya Shinkuro (?) 下谷新黒魚栄 [unusual seal, could be an indication of a later version]\r\n

Inscriptions

Meisho Edo hyakkei: Horikiri no hanashōbu 名所江戸百景　堀切農花菖蒲 (upper right)

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (centre right)

Technical metadata and APIs

IIIF: Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more
Linked Art: API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.