Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 28219
(Kingfisher and Hydrangea)
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1603-1868
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mia
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 276 × 800 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- Public Domain Mark only when record-designated
- Attribution / 表記
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Catalog note / 解説
Hiroshige created several prints featuring a kingfisher amid irises. Here, however, he paired the bird with hydrangeas, a flowering bush that blossoms in July and is associated with Japan's rainy season. While the Chinese have traditionally admired the kingfisher for its bright blue plummage, in Japan it is often used to symbolize vanity. Hiroshige suggests as much in the accompanying poem: The kingfisher preening his feathers in a watery mirror.
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