Image
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Title
Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 36.5 x 12.1 cm (14 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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 toriThe hour of parting,/with all its deep feelings,/in drifts about them,/they hear the melting tones/of the rooster in the snow
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai Identification
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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. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.229 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related Objects
Related Objects
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