Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

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

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

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

About

Rooster in Snow (Setchû no tori)

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.

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

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

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Use

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