Image
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
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 36.4 x 12.2 cm (14 5/16 x 4 13/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Small red cartouches read Hamachô (a district in Edo) and Ôhashi (background)
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: Yi313/[Japanese Characters]
Identification
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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
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.246
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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