Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo Flying Through the Rain , Edo Period

Maker

Title

Cuckoo Flying Through the Rain

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 37.6 x 12.7 cm (14 13/16 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 二声は　五百崎こへつ　ほとゝぎす

Translation: Two voices crossing high over Gomosaki-a cuckoo and rain

(Translated in Bogel, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988, cat. 66)

Signature: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 正栄堂 Shōeido (Kawaguchiya Shōzō)
Censor's seal: 極 (kiwame)

Inscription: Verso, bottom left in pencil: M[C]C1/MLA

Place

Place Made: Edo (location); Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.247

Cuckoo Flying Through the Rain

Inscription Text/Poem: 二声は　五百崎こへつ　ほとゝぎす

Translation: Two voices crossing high over Gomosaki-a cuckoo and rain

(Translated in Bogel, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988, cat. 66)

Signature: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Publisher's seal: 正栄堂 Shōeido (Kawaguchiya Shōzō)
Censor's seal: 極 (kiwame)

Inscription: Verso, bottom left in pencil: M[C]C1/MLA

Place Made: Edo (location); Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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