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鴛鴦
Mandarin Ducks
鴛鴦
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 22 x 15.8 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9690
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9689 (ink), 21.9690 (color)
The 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.
The 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
広重筆
Marks
Artist's seal: kaô
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ sakazuki to chiyo/ usugôri
おし鳥の さかつきとちよ うす氷
おし鳥の さかつきとちよ うす氷