Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon, Edo Period
Title
Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
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.
Place
Place Made: Edo; Place Made: Japan
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.220
Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon
Earlier impressions than this example show shading around the moon.
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
Place Made: Edo; Place Made: Japan
Exhibition History
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