Minneapolis Institute of Art

Rooster on a Snowy Hillside

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date: mid 1830s
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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. Japan, Asia

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