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Mandarin Ducks and Nandina in Snow


雪中南天に鴛鴦
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.5 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9697
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9697, 21.9698

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
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: kaô
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ sakazuki to chiyo/ usugôri
おし鳥の 盃とちよ うす氷