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Hiroshige's Blue: The Color of Melancholy (Kanashimi no iro)

Hiroshige's Blue: The Color of Melancholy (Kanashimi no iro)

(Japanese, 1903–1975)
about 1950s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions40.3 x 29.9 cm (15 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession number65.1133
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Hiroshige no/ umi no iro yori/ yaya usushi/ waga kono koro no/ kanashimi no iro 広重の　海のいろより　ややうすし 　わがこの頃の　かなしみのいろ
ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)