Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Title

Memorial portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1858

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Inscriptions

Inscriptions: Signature of Kunisada is above at the right and is preceded by the words: "Omoi kiya rakurui nagara" i.e. While thinking of him we shed tears. A long inscription written & signed by Hiroshige's old fr iend "the litterateur" Tenmei Rojin covers most of the field of the print above the portrait. Signature: Toyokuni ga. Seal: Ki en ikku; a Buddhist phrase meaning "Life is a mere puff of smoke, so short." Signature of Kunisada is above at the right and is preceded by the words: "Omoi kiya rakurui nagura" i.e., While thinking of him we shed tears. A long inscription written and signed by Hiroshige's old friend "the litteratour" Tommei Rojin covers most of the field of the print above the portrait

Dimensions

35.6 × 24.5 cm (14 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.3318

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