Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Rooster in Snow, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Rooster in Snow

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 36.5 x 12.2 cm (14 3/8 x 4 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: きぬきぬの　咄もいまた　つもらぬに　とけこうと　啼く雪の鶏
Translation: The hour of parting, with all its deep feelings, in drifts about them, they hear the melting tones of the rooster in the snow

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai

Label: On verso, affixed near right center edge, a clear label inscribed in ink: Certified/[Illegible script]/Genuine

Stamp: On verso, red circular stamp near label.

Identification

Edition

Bogel entry states that seals of artist and poet, comb of cockerel and green below snow have been recolored later in watercolor but that the grey and green bank is printed as intended.

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.229

Rooster in Snow

Bogel entry states that seals of artist and poet, comb of cockerel and green below snow have been recolored later in watercolor but that the grey and green bank is printed as intended.

Inscription Text/Poem: きぬきぬの　咄もいまた　つもらぬに　とけこうと　啼く雪の鶏
Translation: The hour of parting, with all its deep feelings, in drifts about them, they hear the melting tones of the rooster in the snow

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 弌立斎 Ichiryūsai

Label: On verso, affixed near right center edge, a clear label inscribed in ink: Certified/[Illegible script]/Genuine

Stamp: On verso, red circular stamp near label.

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989
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