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雪中芦に鴨
Mallard Ducks and Snow-covered Reeds
雪中芦に鴨
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836 (Tenpô 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ôtanzaku; 38.5 x 17.5 cm (15 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7929
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #199; RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #69; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #5; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, ôtanzaku #8.1; Michener, Floating World (1954), #62
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.962, 11.2140, 21.7929
Poem translated in Michener 1954, p. 352; by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in San Francisco 1998, p. 259.
Poem translated in Michener 1954, p. 352; by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in San Francisco 1998, p. 259.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: Fukuju (Happiness and Longevity; characters drawn to resemble a horse and a deer)
InscriptionsPoem: Kamo naku ya/ kaze fuki shiwamu/ mizu no omo
鴨啼や 風吹しはむ 水の面
鴨啼や 風吹しはむ 水の面
Provenance1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.