Catalog record · 目録番号 22742
Full Moon with a Cuckoo Flying above the Masts of Moored Boats
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
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · ca. 1855 · vam
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