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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; 39.2 x 16.9 cm (15 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7904
NOT ON VIEW
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
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.