Rooster on a Snowy Hillside, mid 1830s
Utagawa Hiroshigeexpand_more
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.expand_more 81.133.127
Not on Viewexpand_more
This picture of the backside of a rooster on a snowy hillside with snow-covered bamboo is Utagawa Hiroshige’s response to the humorous verse by the poet Hachijintei included at the upper left. The poem describes a couple awakened early by the crow of a rooster after a night of lovemaking.
Kinuginu no The morning after—
hanashi no imada before any conversations
tsumoranu ni have piled up—
tokekau to naku crows
yuki ni niwatori a rooster in snow.
Details
- Title
- Rooster on a Snowy Hillside
- Artist Life
- 1797 - 1858
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 81.133.127
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chūtanzaku #23.14
- Curator Approved
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