The Glad Cry of the Cuckoo (Hototogisu ureshiki hitokoe), second edition of a design originally from the series The Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)

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The Glad Cry of the Cuckoo (Hototogisu ureshiki hitokoe), second edition of a design originally from the series The Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)

「時鳥うれしき一こゑ」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 76.6 cm (14 13/16 x 30 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1012-4

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), pp. 98-99; Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #148 (first edition, with different title)

DescriptionTriptych: 00.1012 (left), 00.1013 (center), 00.1014 (right)

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、寅六
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)