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Roku, Spotted Lilies by Utagawa Hiroshige — VisualArtsDB

Roku, Spotted Lilies

Roku, Spotted Lilies

Utagawa Hiroshige

1844

Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 8 11/16 × 11 in. (22 × 28 cm) (image, sheet, uchiwa-e)
Genre: Print
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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Although birds and flowers are not a common subject for fan prints, Hiroshige created a number of fan series with floral designs between the 1840s and 1850s. This is one from a three-print set that features flowers symbolic of good fortune. In addition to their obvious beauty, spotted lilies with their edible roots have long been a source of nutrition in Japan. Thus, they represent an alternative meaning of the ideograph for prosperity (roku), which can connote gift.

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