Irises at Horikiri (Horikiri no hanashobu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

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Irises at Horikiri (Horikiri no hanashobu), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重LinkedCulture matchlcp-732c025793de

Date
1857
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Culture
Japan
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
150302

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The suburb of Horikiri was famous for its marshy land and flower cultivation, and the hanashōbu iris seen here was its most well-known product. Hanashōbu irises were popular not only in Edo (now Tokyo) but also in the West: German botanist and physician Philipp von Siebold brought them to Europe in the 1850s. Popular images like this one made the flower a symbol of Japan. The printer used glorious purples and delicate gradation to depict the flowers in this print, considered an iconic representation of nature in Japanese art. This version is a well-preserved first edition of the design.

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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson
Provenance
Harold Gould Henderson (1889–1974) and Mary A. Henderson (1905–1998), New York; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.

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