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雪中鴛鴦
Mandarin Ducks in Snow
雪中鴛鴦
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Aitanzaku; 34 x 11.4 cm (13 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8082
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #260; Bogel et al, Hiroshige Birds & Flowers (1988), #71
DescriptionPoem translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and, on another print, in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints, p. 318.
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Hiro
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ sakazuki to chiyo/ usugôri
おし鳥の 盃とちよ うす氷
おし鳥の 盃とちよ うす氷