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Mandarin Ducks


鴛鴦
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 18.6 x 25.6 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9680
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe same poem, on other prints, is translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints, p. 318.
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ sakazuki to chiyo/ usugôri
おし鳥の さかつきとちよ うす氷