Image

RISDM 34-252.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Crane and autumn grasses (Hagi to susuki ni tsuru), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Crane and autumn grasses (Hagi to susuki ni tsuru)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 34.1 x 11.4 cm (13 7/16 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right: [Japanese Characters]

[text and poems]
Chinese poem:

When one dreams on the pillow of a thousand-year-old crane, it's New Year!

The Kobayashi caption for this poem (K318) reads "voice" for the Chinese character which on may interpret as "dream." The felicitous imagery is associated with the New Year. The poem seems to say that the poem can see the crane and landscape in his wine cup as if in a dream. Waking up on New Year's day to the sound of a thousand-year-old crane the scene is reflected in the wine cup.

Signature: Signed above | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.252

About

Crane and autumn grasses (Hagi to susuki ni tsuru)

Inscription verso, bottom right: [Japanese Characters]

[text and poems]
Chinese poem:

When one dreams on the pillow of a thousand-year-old crane, it's New Year!

The Kobayashi caption for this poem (K318) reads "voice" for the Chinese character which on may interpret as "dream." The felicitous imagery is associated with the New Year. The poem seems to say that the poem can see the crane and landscape in his wine cup as if in a dream. Waking up on New Year's day to the sound of a thousand-year-old crane the scene is reflected in the wine cup.

Signature: Signed above | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Use

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