Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Cuckoo in rain (Uchû no hototogisu), Edo Period
Description
Title
Cuckoo in rain (Uchû no hototogisu)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 37.3 x 12.7 cm (14 11/16 x 5 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: M[C]C1/MLA
Poem:
Futa goe a/Gomosaki koezu/hototogisu
Two voices crossing/high over Gomosaki-/a cuckoo and rain
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeido); censor's seal | kiwame
Identification
Edition
The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same oban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection.
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.247
About
Cuckoo in rain (Uchû no hototogisu)
The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same oban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection.
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: M[C]C1/MLA
Poem:
Futa goe a/Gomosaki koezu/hototogisu
Two voices crossing/high over Gomosaki-/a cuckoo and rain
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeido); censor's seal | kiwame
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related
Use
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