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竹に鴛鴦
Mandarin Ducks and Bamboo
竹に鴛鴦
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Chûtanzaku; 34.3 x 11.4 cm (13 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number50.17
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Menegazzo, Hiroshige: Visioni dal Giappone (2018), #III.23; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), fig. 165
DescriptionTwo designs printed on the same sheet: 50.17 (R), RES.52.99 (L)
Signed
Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
広重筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：普
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印：普
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ wakare mo mitari/ asa arashi
Provenance1950, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)