Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22742
Full Moon with a Cuckoo Flying above the Masts of Moored Boats
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1850-1860
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1543 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 水野ナギ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
The simple but well-balanced composition in this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige is inscribed with a haiku (a 17-syllable poem). The poem reads: Hitokoe wa Tsuki ga naita ka Hototogisu (A single call Did the moon cry out? A passing cuckoo.) The sense is that if someone hears a cuckoo cry, by the time they look up the bird has already flown past, so it seems as if the moon has called out. The rib marks on this print reveal that it was previously mounted as a fan. Materials: Colour print from woodblocks
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