Image
Description
Maker
- Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858, Japanese
Title
Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori)
Year
1830's
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Supports
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
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. Place
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Japan; Edo (location)
Type
Credit
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Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
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34.229
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Exhibition History
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