歌川広重画　芥子に瑠璃鳥|A Bluebird and Poppies

Utagawa Hiroshige

1832–34 · Woodblock print · Asian Art

The anonymous poet sensitively observes that the thin, fragile petals of poppy flowers might be scattered by the flapping of a bird’s wing. 鳥飛て あふなき芥子の 一重かな Tori tonde (tobite) abunaki keshi no hitoe kana A bird flying by— poses danger to poppies with single layers of petals. —Trans. John T. Carpenter

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date

1832–34

Medium

Woodblock print

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936