Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Kunisato (Japanese, d. 1858)
Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1826-1869, b. in Edo), previous attribution
Title
"Black" bamboo
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
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Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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24.1 x 17 cm (9 1/2 x 6 11/16 inches) (plate) chuban; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2004-20
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left: MOC-12-[7]4-/[Illegible Japanese Characters]; in a later hand: NC [text and poems]Poem: Kuretake ya (translates to) The kuretake bambooame kikishimete (translates to)listens to rain, kuina naku (translates to) the water rail chirpsThe song of the water rail (kuina) is a season word (kigo) for early summer (May-June in Japan). Its song is likened to the pecking of its beak on wood. The rainy season may have begun.
Signature: Rissensai
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.359 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1826-1869, b. in Edo), previous attribution
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