歌川広重画 朝顔|Morning Glories
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1843 · Woodblock print · Asian Art
This poem is signed “Gyokō,” a name used by the female poet Sonoda Suejo (ca. 1818–1888). The evanescence of the morning glory (asagao) blossoms, which open in the morning and wither by night, is suggested by this haikai poem: 見るうちの 寿命のばしや 艸の花 Miru uchi no jumyō nobashi ya kusa no hana Even as we watch, their entire lives transpire— the flowering plants. —Trans. John T. Carpenter
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige
- Date
- ca. 1843
- Medium
- Woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918
