Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Cuckoo and Moon, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Cuckoo and Moon

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.311

Cuckoo and Moon

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

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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