Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cuckoo and Moon

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Cuckoo and Moon

Period

Edo Period

Year

1828

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban: 23.3 x 29.7 cm (9 3/16 x 11 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 時鳥　なくや武蔵と　下総の　両國かけて　たった一聲　会上菴吉岡
Translation: From above Ryogoku, across the provinces of Musashi and Shimosa, the cry of the nightingale --Poem by Kaijouan Yoshioka

Signature: 香蝶菴国貞画 Kochoan Kunisada ga (Pictured by Kochoan Kunisada)

Seals: Censor's seal: 極 kiwame; Date seal: 子 Ne (Mouse, 1829); Publisher's seal: ト To under a mountain shape (unknown)

Marks: On verso, at bottom left in pencil: MOC 1125/[Japanese Characters?]; in a later hand inscribed in pencil verso, bottom center: NT/a

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.311

Type

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection
May 13, 2016 – Dec 04, 2016
The Art of the Fan
Uchiwa-e in Japanese Prints
Dec 07, 2001 – Mar 03, 2002

Label copy

The cuckoo (hototogisu) is associated with summer. In this lovely fan with its highly evocative composition, the moon and the cuckoo complement each other beautifully.

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)
Cuckoo and Moon, 1828
Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban: 23.3 x 29.7 cm (9 3/16 x 11 11/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.311

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