Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Title
Cuckoo and Moon (Tsuki ni hototogisu)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Image: 23.3 x 29.7 cm (9 3/16 x 11 11/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: MOC 1125/[Japanese Characters?]; in a later hand inscribed in pencil verso, bottom center: NT/a
[notations]
Hototogisu/naku ya Musashi to/Shimousa no/Ryogoku kake te/tatta hito koeFrom above Ryogoku, across the provinces of Musashi and Shimosa, the cry of the nightingale
The bird is flying over the Sumida River. A harbinger of summer, its powerful cry comes first in the night and extends over two provinces, here Musashi and Shimosa. Another related poem appears on 34.589/K 217.
Signature: Kochoro Kunisada ga
Seals: Censor's seal | kiwame; date seal | 1829
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.311 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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