Image

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu)

Description

Maker

After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1890s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 34.1 x 12.7 cm (13 7/16 x 5 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Shoeido; censor's seal | kiwame

Marks: Verso, bottom right in pencil: EGR321[text and poems]

Identification

Edition

Edition: The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same ?ban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1244

Type

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Image use

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Tombstone

After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Cuckoo in Rain (Uchu no hototogisu), 1890s
Polychrome woodblock print
Image: 34.1 x 12.7 cm (13 7/16 x 5 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1244

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