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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Possibly Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon

Period

Edo Period

Year

1832-1835

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Edo; Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 92.7 x 33.3 cm (36 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 三日月の船遊山してみゝつくの耳に入たき松風の琴　八陣亭

Translation: Making a boat ride on the crescent moon the wind in the pines would love to enter the long-eared owl's ears like the song of a zither Hajintei

(Translation from Forrer, Hiroshige, 1997)

Signature: 広重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai

Identification

Edition

Earlier impressions than this example show shading around the moon.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.220

Type

Exhibition History

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection
Jun 10, 2014 – May 03, 2015
Process and Function
Traditional Japanese Printmaking Technique
Jan 19, 2007 – May 27, 2007

Label copy

It is possible that these two prints were printed together from the same block. The narrow black line along the lower left edge of Cuckoo in the Rain agrees with the pines along the right edge of this print.

Bird-and-Flower Prints
Nature as Object and Ornament
Dec 26, 1992 – Feb 28, 1993
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Possibly Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon, 1832-1835
Polychrome woodblock print
Chūtanzakuban: 92.7 x 33.3 cm (36 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.220

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