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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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

Description

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 (Mikazuki shôjô no mimizuku)

Period

Edo Period

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 三日月の
船遊山して
みみつくの
耳に入たき
松風の琴



Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Yûsai

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

Exhibition History

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 (Mikazuki shôjô no mimizuku), 1830s
Color woodblock print
Image: 36.5 x 12.7 cm (14 3/8 x 5 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.220

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