A Cuckoo in Flight
Artist
Matsukawa Hanzan
(Japanese, flourished 1850–1882)
Date1850s
Mediumwoodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions38.1 x 52.1 cm (15 x 20 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsSeal: Azana (familiar name or nickname) Gikyo
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1857
DescriptionShijo style surimono in memory of the haikai master Giryusai, designed for his son and his pupil Gido. Printed upon the field are also 12 more hokku by friends of the deceased master.On View
Not on view
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
printed: February 15th, 1888; published: February 20th, 1888