Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, 1804-1855)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806), previous attribution
Title
Cuckoo
Period
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Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
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Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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34.1 x 22.4 cm (13 7/16 x 8 13/16 inches) (sheet) aiban tate-e; Mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription above. [text and poems] Poem: Hito koe ni/futatsu no kuni ya/hototogisu The cry of the nightingale, extending over two provincesThe first cry of the nightingale comes in the night and signals that summer has come. Another poem on a print in the collection (Kobayashi pl. 52/34.311) mentions the two provinces over which the bird's powerful cry extends: Musashi and Shimosa.
Signature: Signed at lower right | Utamaro hitsu Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.589 Type
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Tombstone
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806), previous attribution
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