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Cuckoo Flying through Rain

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsChûtanzaku; 36.2 x 11.8 cm (14 1/4 x 4 2/3 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.992
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Futakoe wa/ ihosaki koetsu/ hototogisu 二声は 五百崎こへつ ほとゝぎす
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)