Image

Kitagawa Utamaro II

Cuckoo, Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Cuckoo

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

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

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.589

About

Cuckoo

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

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Use

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