うらえ杜若
Irises at Urae
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Purple kakitsubata irises rise tall on the right of the picture, and two swallows fly in the sky. On the waterside in the distance stand teahouses hung with red lanterns, and people cross a small bridge. This print shows Urae in Osaka and is by Nansuitei Yoshiyuki, from the series Naniwa Hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Naniwa; the National Diet Library title writes Naniwa with different characters).
In the early Edo period, Urae was a stretch of marshland known for its kakitsubata irises. Ryotokuin, a temple here, is called "Urae no Shoten-san," and on its grounds stands a stone carved with a haiku by Matsuo Basho: "Kakitsubata / kataru mo tabi no / hitotsu kana" (Talking about irises, this too is part of travel).
Ryotokuin still stands in Sagisu, Fukushima Ward, Osaka City. Much of it burned in the Great Osaka Air Raids of 1945, but its Edo-period gate survived the fire.
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- Source title
- 『浪華百景』
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- 130+ years ago (roughly Edo to Meiji)
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