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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo Flying Through the Rain , Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

Cuckoo Flying Through the Rain

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Prints

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

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

Kacho-ga II

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu), Edo Period
A brown owl perched on a branch among clusters of pine needles, with eyes closed against a soft blue sky. To the right is thin flowing calligraphy.

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Horned Owl Pine, and Crescent Moon, Edo Period
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