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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu), Edo Period

Maker

  • Murataya Jirōbei 村田屋治郎兵衛
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

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]

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

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.246

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

Hiroshige

March 7 - June 1, 2003

Meisho

June 9 - September 5, 1999
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