Irises of Horikiri, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

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

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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

Signed

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

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