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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 38.1 x 17.6 cm (15 x 6 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

White rectangular label affixed verso, bottom right with inscription in pencil: YB87/[Japanese Characters] Inscription UL

[text and poems]
Nakeba koso (translates to) The cock starts to crow;
wakere o oshime (translates to) the time to part has come.
tori no ne no (translates to)Take me to a town
kikoenu sato no (translates to) where the rooster is not heard;
akatsuki kana (translates to) that's the only place for dawn!

Signature: Signed at upper left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryusai

Identification

Edition

First edition with artist's gourd-shaped seal below signature; UTK shows the second edition with seal of publisher Sanoya Kihei in place of artist's seal

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.281

Type

Exhibition History

Of Clover and Chrysanthemum
Autumn Themes in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Sep 01, 2010 – Dec 12, 2010

Label copy

A kyôka poem (light verse) is inscribed to the left of the morning glories, and it reads:

“The cock starts to crow;

the time to part has come.

Take me to a town

where the rooster is not heard;

that's the only place for dawn!”

Of Clover and Chrysanthemums
Autumn Themes on Paper and Cloth
Sep 15, 1995 – Dec 10, 1995
Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993
Hiroshige III
Apr 13, 1989 – Jun 23, 1989
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print with gauffrage
Image: 38.1 x 17.6 cm (15 x 6 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.281

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