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Utagawa Hiroshige

Cuckoo in rain (Uchû no hototogisu), 1830's

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

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.3 x 12.7 cm (14 11/16 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Poem:
Futa goe a/Gomosaki koezu/hototogisu

Two voices crossing/high over Gomosaki-/a cuckoo and rain

Identification

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

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.247

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

Kacho-ga II

Related

After Utagawa Hiroshige

Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu), 1890's

Utagawa Hiroshige

Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon (Mikazuki shôjô no mimizuku), 1830s

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