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芦に鴨
Ducks and Reeds
芦に鴨
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–44 (Tenpô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 37 x 12.8 cm (14 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1079
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #32; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #97; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #38; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), p. 240, chûtanzaku #11.02?
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1079, 21.7935
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Poem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988).
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Yûsai
InscriptionsPoem: Kamo naku ya/ kaze fuki shiwamu/ mizu no omo
鴨鳴屋 風吹思和無 水廼遠毛 (かもなくや かざふきしわむ みずのおも）
鴨鳴屋 風吹思和無 水廼遠毛 (かもなくや かざふきしわむ みずのおも）
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross