Cuckoo Flying over Masts

帆柱とほととぎす

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 10 x 16 cm (3 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8602

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1998), #89; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #338

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai

InscriptionsPoem: Hobashira no/ tonari wa Kazusa/ hototogisu
帆はしらの　隣は上総　ほとゝきす