Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
- Kawaguchiya Shōzō, Japanese, publisher
Title
Cuckoo in rain (Uchû no hototogisu)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
Dimensions
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Image: 37.3 x 12.7 cm (14 11/16 x 5 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: M[C]C1/MLA
Poem:
Futa goe a/Gomosaki koezu/hototogisuTwo voices crossing/high over Gomosaki-/a cuckoo and rain
Identification
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Edition
The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same oban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection. Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.247
Projects & Publications
Publications
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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