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水葵に鴛鴦
Mandarin Ducks and Water Plantain
水葵に鴛鴦
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 38.4 x 17.3 cm (15 1/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21127
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #5; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #s 77, 256; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 143; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #6.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21127, 21.6660, 21.7904
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：極
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ wakare mo mitari/ asa arashi
おし鳥の わかれも見たり 朝嵐
おし鳥の わかれも見たり 朝嵐
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.