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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo over Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Cuckoo over Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription 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

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.066

Type

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Cuckoo over Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu), 1830s
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.066

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