Image

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 38.1 x 17.6 cm (15 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YB87/[Japanese Characters] Inscription UL

[text and poems]
Nakeba koso (translates to) The cock starts to crow;
wakere o oshime (translates to) the time to part has come.
tori no ne no (translates to)Take me to a town
kikoenu sato no (translates to) where the rooster is not heard;
akatsuki kana (translates to) that's the only place for dawn!

Signature: Signed at upper left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Identification

Edition

First edition with artist's gourd-shaped seal below signature; UTK shows the second edition with seal of publisher Sanoya Kihei in place of artist's seal

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.281

About

Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa)

First edition with artist's gourd-shaped seal below signature; UTK shows the second edition with seal of publisher Sanoya Kihei in place of artist's seal

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YB87/[Japanese Characters] Inscription UL

[text and poems]
Nakeba koso (translates to) The cock starts to crow;
wakere o oshime (translates to) the time to part has come.
tori no ne no (translates to)Take me to a town
kikoenu sato no (translates to) where the rooster is not heard;
akatsuki kana (translates to) that's the only place for dawn!

Signature: Signed at upper left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

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