Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Title
Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
color, ink
Materials/Techniques
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]
Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Publisher's seal | Murataya Ichigorô (Murata)
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
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.246
About
Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu)
Newly published famous places of the eastern capital
Shinpan tôto meisho
Small red cartouches read Hamachô (a district in Edo) and Ôhashi (background)
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: Yi313/[Japanese Characters]
Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Publisher's seal | Murataya Ichigorô (Murata)
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Forrer comments on the two versions of the print, one, as here, with areas of white rather than solid blue around the bridge
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Use
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