Image

RISDM 34-130-1.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 37.8 x 13 cm (14 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: Inscription above White rectangular label with blue border affixed verso, bottom right corner and inscribed in ink: X2690

Poem:
Kamo naku* ya/kaze fukishiwamu/mizu no omo

A duck calls softly;/a breeze starts ripples moving/over the water

Signature: Signature at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Yûsai; publisher's seal | Kawashô | red

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.130.1

About

Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo)

Inscription: Inscription above White rectangular label with blue border affixed verso, bottom right corner and inscribed in ink: X2690

Poem:
Kamo naku* ya/kaze fukishiwamu/mizu no omo

A duck calls softly;/a breeze starts ripples moving/over the water

Signature: Signature at left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Yûsai; publisher's seal | Kawashô | red

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)

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Use

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