Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Nightingale, plum and moon, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Nightingale, plum and moon

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

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

Place

Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.477A

Nightingale, plum and moon

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

Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

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