Cuckoo over the Sumida River (Sumidagawa no hototogisu), from the series Ten Views of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho jukkei)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
(Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper
Dimensions16.7 x 22.7 cm (6 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit LineAsiatic Curator's Fund
Accession numberRES.49.156
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Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)
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1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1), 8th month
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