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Utagawa Hiroshige

Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu), 1835-1839

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
  • Murataya Jirobei, Japanese, publisher

Title

Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu)

Year

1835-1839

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 36.4 x 12.2 cm (14 5/16 x 4 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Small red cartouches read Hamachô (a district in Edo) and Ôhashi (background)

Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: Yi313/[Japanese Characters]

Identification

State

Forrer comments on the two versions of the print, one, as here, with areas of white rather than solid blue around the bridge

Place

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.246

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

March 7 - June 1, 2003

Meisho

June 9 - September 5, 1999

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu) with the accession number of 34.246. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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