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Utagawa Hiroshige

Cockerel, umbrella and morning glories (Asagao ni tori to kasa), 1830's

Description

Maker

Title

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

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with gauffrage

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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!

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

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.281

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Of Clover and Chrysanthemum

September 1 - December 12, 2010

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!”

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

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