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Mandarin Ducks and Water Plantain

水葵に鴛鴦

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1830–35 (early Tenpô era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Ôtanzaku; 36.9 x 17.1 cm (14 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6660

NOT ON VIEW

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

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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

ProvenanceDecember 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.