Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Description
Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858, b. in Edo, Japan)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Title
Cuckoo in rain (Uchû no hototogisu)
Period
Year
Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Dimensions
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Image: 37.3 x 12.7 cm (14 11/16 x 5 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom left in pencil: M[C]C1/MLA
Poem:
Futa goe a/Gomosaki koezu/hototogisuTwo voices crossing/high over Gomosaki-/a cuckoo and rain
Signature: Signed at left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeido); censor's seal | kiwame Identification
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Edition
The Bogel entry remarks that the print shows edges of the second print originally printed on the same oban sheet; Forrer states that the other print is Owl and Pine in Moonlight (34.220) in the collection. Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.247 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Related Objects
Related Objects
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Tombstone
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (ca. 1824-1852), publisher
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