Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Cuckoo over Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu), Edo Period
Description
Maker
Title
Cuckoo over Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu)
Year
Edo Period
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Plate: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription verso, bottom center edge in pencil: LR4744 [illegible initials] [Japanese Characters]
Poem:
Ho bashira no/tonari mo jôryû/hototogisu
The shipmasts' neighbors/are of the highest water-/cuckoo, for instance
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.066
About
Cuckoo over Masts (Hobashira to hototogisu)
Inscription verso, bottom center edge in pencil: LR4744 [illegible initials] [Japanese Characters]
Poem:
Ho bashira no/tonari mo jôryû/hototogisu
The shipmasts' neighbors/are of the highest water-/cuckoo, for instance
Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
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