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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon, Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

Horned Owl, Pine, and Crescent Moon

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

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

  • Prints

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

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Japanese Print Collection

June 10, 2014 - May 3, 2015

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

Bird-and-Flower Prints

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

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Tree Sparrow and Bamboo, Edo Period
The back of a black and brown bird with extended tail feathers and a red crest on a snowy slope under a warm, golden sky. Thin calligraphy floats above.

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Rooster in Snow, Edo Period

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Sparrow and Bamboo (Take ni suzume), Edo (Japanese period)
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