Minneapolis Institute of Art

Morning Glories and Finch

Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shōzō

Date

1830s

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Part of the fascination for flowers among the Japanese during the Edo period (1600-1868) was their newly developed expertise in cultivating hybrid varieties. They created many new strains of morning glories in the 19th century, and publishers were quick to release books illustrating their exotic colors and blossom shapes. The poem that Hiroshige included with this print suggests this proliferation: The morning glories blossom with the sun__ with the sun. Asia

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