歌川広重画　罌栗に鶉|A Pair of Quails and Poppies

Utagawa Hiroshige

ca. 1835 · Woodblock print · Asian Art

In poetry, barley quails (mugi-uzura) are traditionally associated with late spring, and poppies (keshi) in bloom with mid-summer, so a dream in autumn about this avian species is a hope for a warmer, less grim season of life. 秋の夢 見てや啼出す 麦鶉 Aki no yume mite ya nakidasu mugiuzura In an autumn dream, the barley quails begin to chirp. —Trans. John T. Carpenter

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1835

Medium

Woodblock print

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918