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Can anyone help identify and translate this old woodblock/painting?
It is in rough condition but has a lot of age and character!!
Thank you!!

The print is by Hiroshige. For more information and a better example, see the one at the Boston, MFA below:

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/wild-wisteria-and-bunting-235613

Cheers,
Stan

URL Title :Wisteria and Bunting

This is a Japanese print by Hiroshige, and created around 1832-1834. At first glance it looks original and not a later recarved print, but this is not always easy to tell. See the link for a nice copy in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

J. Boussinesq

URL Title :https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/wild-wisteria-and-bunting-235613

Signature,
廣重筆　-　Hiroshige-hitsu - `Painted by Hiroshige
My reading of inscription,
藤の餘しを見られ志だれか那　-　Fuji no yoshi wo mirare,
shidare ka na
Watching the favor of wisteria,
I wonder if it can bear me

With regards,
I.Nagy

Now, in possession of correct reading, the haiku translates;
Watching the selfishness of the wisteria ,
I wonder if it can bear me

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thanks for the info!

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