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Utagawa Hiroshige

Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori), 1830's

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese

Title

Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori)

Year

1830's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 36.5 x 12.1 cm (14 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Clear label affixed verso, near right, center edge with inscription in ink: Certified/[Illegible script]/Genuine; red circular stamp/seal in same area as label.

Poem:
Kinuginu no/hanashi mo imada/tsumoranu ni/tokekau to naku/naku yuki no tori

The hour of parting,/with all its deep feelings,/in drifts about them,/they hear the melting tones/of the rooster in the snow

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

Japan; Edo (location)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.229

Projects & Publications

Publications

Hiroshige

Birds and Flowers

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Seeing with the Mind's Eye

December 31, 1999 - March 19, 2000

Hiroshige III

April 13 - June 23, 1989

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

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