Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Nightingale, plum and moon

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)

Title

Nightingale, plum and moon

Period

Edo Period

Year

1840s-1850s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Plate: 17.1 x 15.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription[text and poems] Uguisu ya(translates to) The voice of the nightingale koto shi mo koe no/furukarazu (translates to) fresh again this year 34.150 K 271; 34.198; 34.477/K165 [Kobayashi typo mu for zu at end of poem]

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seals | Hiroshige | Yusai

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.477A

Type

Exhibition History

Seeing with the Mind's Eye
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nightingale, plum and moon, 1840s-1850s
Polychrome woodblock print
Plate: 17.1 x 15.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.477A

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