Image

RISDM 34-130-2.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Baikal Teal and Reeds (descriptive), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Baikal Teal and Reeds (descriptive)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

37.9 x 12.4 cm (14 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches) (image) chû-tanzaku; sheet/image; Mat size: D; Sheet/image; Asian Art Department Carpenter Inventory

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed number verso, bottom right: 506 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; collector's seal | Hayashi Tadamasa | lower right | red

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.130.2

About

Baikal Teal and Reeds (descriptive)

Inscribed number verso, bottom right: 506 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; collector's seal | Hayashi Tadamasa | lower right | red

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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Use

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