Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo over Masts, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Cuckoo over Masts

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Aiyotsugiriban: 13 x 17.8 cm (5 1/8 x 7 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 帆はしらの　隣は上総　ほとゝきす
Translation: The shipmasts' neighbors are of the highest water-cuckoo, for instance;
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Picturedby Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai

Marks: On verso, bottom center edge in pencil: LR4744 [illegible initials] [Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Ho bashira no/tonari mo jôryû/hototogisu

The shipmasts' neighbors/are of the highest water-/cuckoo, for instance

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.066

Cuckoo over Masts

Inscription Text/Poem: 帆はしらの　隣は上総　ほとゝきす
Translation: The shipmasts' neighbors are of the highest water-cuckoo, for instance;
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Picturedby Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai

Marks: On verso, bottom center edge in pencil: LR4744 [illegible initials] [Japanese Characters]

Poem:
Ho bashira no/tonari mo jôryû/hototogisu

The shipmasts' neighbors/are of the highest water-/cuckoo, for instance

Place Made: Japan
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