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Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Description

Maker

Title

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

Year

1830s

Medium

Color woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Image: 36.5 x 12.7 cm (14 3/8 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Poem:
Mikazuki no/funa yusan shite/mimizuku no*/mimi ni iretaki**/matsukaze no koto

The long-eared owl/in the crescent-moon boat/on the third night/longs to hear the koto float slowly to its ears /through the wind in the pines

Identification

Edition

Earlier impressions than this example show shading around the moon.

Place

Japan; Edo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.220

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

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.

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

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