Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Murataya Jirōbei 村田屋治郎兵衛 (Japanese, 1659 - 1844), publisher
Title
Cuckoo above Eitai Bridge (Eitaibashi no hototogisu)
Newly published famous places of the eastern capital
Shinpan tôto meisho
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
color, inkSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 36.4 x 12.2 cm (14 5/16 x 4 13/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Small red cartouches read Hamachô (a district in Edo) and Ôhashi (background)
Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: Yi313/[Japanese Characters]
Signature: Signature at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Publisher's seal | Murataya Ichigorô (Murata) Identification
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State
Forrer comments on the two versions of the print, one, as here, with areas of white rather than solid blue around the bridge Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.246 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Murataya Jirōbei 村田屋治郎兵衛 (Japanese, 1659 - 1844), publisher
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