A Pair of Quails and Poppies
Title
A Pair of Quails and Poppies
Creator
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797 - 1858
Japanese, 1797 - 1858
Date
ca. 1835
Subject
In poetry, barley quails (mugi-uzura) are traditionally associated with late spring, and poppies (keshi) in bloom with mid-summer, so a dream in autumn about this avian species is a hope for a warmer, less grim season of life.
Aki no yume
mite ya nakidasu
mugiuzura
In an autumn dream,
the barley quails
begin to chirp.
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
Aki no yume
mite ya nakidasu
mugiuzura
In an autumn dream,
the barley quails
begin to chirp.
—Trans. John T. Carpenter
Format
woodblock print
Type
print
Source
Gift of Dr. Karen Hughes in Honor of Dorothy Naylor Woodbury
Collection
Citation
Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797 - 1858, “A Pair of Quails and Poppies,” Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ewinggallery.omeka.net/items/show/644.