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Cuckoo and Full Moon


月にほととぎす
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 17.1 x 11 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8653
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2209 (two vertical yotsugiri on uncut chûtanzaku sheet), 21.8653 (upper image only), 21.8658 (lower image only)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: ... hototogisu