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Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese
Not on view
Ariake no
nurete ochitaru
fuyō kana
In moonlight at dawn,
dew-drenched they fall—
rose mallow blossoms.
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
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紅蜀葵に燕と川蝉図
Title: Swallows and Kingfisher with Rose Mallows
Artist:
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1838
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print
Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 7 11/32 in. (26.5 x 18.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
Object Number: JP249
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