Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori), Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Maker
Title
Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori)
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink and color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Image: 34.6 x 11.4 cm (13 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
K259/34.129;34.135
Poem:
Oshidori nowakare mo mitari/asa-arashi
In a morning storm/I saw two Mandarin ducks part
Signature: Signed lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai
Identification
Edition
The Bogel entry remarks that a print illustrated Christie's, New York (April 1987), lot 254 has yellow rather than the brown shading at the top of this print and a square Ichiryûsai seal after the signature. The Vever catalogue cited below has the same gourd-shaped seal as this example. The Ainsworth Collection print lacks either seal so is considered a later impression.
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.133
About
Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori)
The Bogel entry remarks that a print illustrated Christie's, New York (April 1987), lot 254 has yellow rather than the brown shading at the top of this print and a square Ichiryûsai seal after the signature. The Vever catalogue cited below has the same gourd-shaped seal as this example. The Ainsworth Collection print lacks either seal so is considered a later impression.
K259/34.129;34.135
Poem:
Oshidori nowakare mo mitari/asa-arashi
In a morning storm/I saw two Mandarin ducks part
Signature: Signed lower left | Hiroshige hitsu
Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Edo (location)
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Use
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