Iris at Horikiri (Horikiri no hanashōbu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige I 初代目歌川広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
Date1857
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 5/8 × 10 1/16 in. (37.2 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1420
Status
Not on viewNo. 64 (summer section) on the title page for the series.
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Highlights from the Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 15, 1988 - June 12, 1988 )
Quality and Technique in Prints
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 4, 1996 - December 22, 1996 )
Monet and Japan
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (March 9, 2001 - June 11, 2001 )
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (July 6, 2001 - September 16, 2001 )
A Life in Prints: Mary A. Ainsworth and the Floating World
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2015 - June 7, 2015 )
Collections
- Asian
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