Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese, previous attribution
- Utagawa Kunisato, d. 1858, Japanese
Title
"Black" bamboo
Year
1858
Medium
wood block print
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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24.1 x 17 cm (9 1/2 x 6 11/16 inches) (plate) chuban; Mat size: B; Asian Art Department Carpenter In
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left: MOC-12-[7]4-/[Illegible Japanese Characters]; in a later hand: NC [text and poems]Poem: Kuretake ya (translates to) The kuretake bambooame kikishimete (translates to)listens to rain, kuina naku (translates to) the water rail chirpsThe song of the water rail (kuina) is a season word (kigo) for early summer (May-June in Japan). Its song is likened to the pecking of its beak on wood. The rainy season may have begun.
Place
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Japan; Tokyo
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.359
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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