Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Maker

Title

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

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Ōtanzakuban: 38.3 x 17.8 cm (15 1/16 x 7 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 鳴波古楚　別於尾志女　鷄野音廼　喜挙江奴里之　暁茂加奈
Translation: 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!
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988);

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai

Label: White rectabgular label on verso, at bottom right with inscription in pencil: YB87/[Japanese Characters]

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

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.281

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

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

Inscription Text/Poem: 鳴波古楚　別於尾志女　鷄野音廼　喜挙江奴里之　暁茂加奈
Translation: 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!
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988);

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai

Label: White rectabgular label on verso, at bottom right with inscription in pencil: YB87/[Japanese Characters]

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989
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