Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Title
Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 34.1 x 12.7 cm (13 7/16 x 5 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription Text/Poem
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Shoeido; censor's seal | kiwame
Marks: Verso, bottom right in pencil: EGR321[text and poems]
Identification
Edition
Edition: The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same ?ban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection.
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
20.1244
About
Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu)
Edition: The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same ?ban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection.
Inscription Text/Poem
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Shoeido; censor's seal | kiwame
Marks: Verso, bottom right in pencil: EGR321[text and poems]
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Use
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