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雨中のほととぎす
Cuckoo Flying through Rain
雨中のほととぎす
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 37.5 x 12.8 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7949
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mann, Sixty Years (2021), #123; Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #107; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #95; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #66
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.992, 21.7948, 21.7949
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 317.
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints (2021), p. 317.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Futakoe wa/ Ihosaki koezu/ hototogisu
二声は 五百崎こへつ ほとゝぎす
二声は 五百崎こへつ ほとゝぎす
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.