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Kitagawa Utamaro II

Cuckoo

Description

Maker

Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, 1804-1855)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806), previous attribution

Title

Cuckoo

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1810?

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

34.1 x 22.4 cm (13 7/16 x 8 13/16 inches) (sheet) aiban tate-e; Mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription above. [text and poems] Poem: Hito koe ni/futatsu no kuni ya/hototogisu The cry of the nightingale, extending over two provincesThe first cry of the nightingale comes in the night and signals that summer has come. Another poem on a print in the collection (Kobayashi pl. 52/34.311) mentions the two provinces over which the bird's powerful cry extends: Musashi and Shimosa.

Signature: Signed at lower right | Utamaro hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.589

Type

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Tombstone

Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, 1804-1855)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, 1754-1806), previous attribution
Cuckoo, ca. 1810?
woodblock print
34.1 x 22.4 cm (13 7/16 x 8 13/16 inches) (sheet) aiban tate-e; Mat size: A; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory and Cataloging Project 2
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.589

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