Image
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Mandarin ducks and chrysanthemums, Edo (Japanese period)
Description
Maker
Title
Mandarin ducks and chrysanthemums
Year
Edo (Japanese period)
Medium
ink, color
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
Plate: 17.1 x 15.2 cm (6 3/4 x 6 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
Inscription[text and poems] Oshidori no (translates to) For mandarin ducks sakazuki to chiyo (translates to) thin ice is a wedding cup usukori (translates to) for a thousand years (trans. Marks in Bogel) K 109/34.131
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seals | Hiroshige | Yusai
Place
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Type
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Object Number
34.477B
About
Mandarin ducks and chrysanthemums
Inscription[text and poems] Oshidori no (translates to) For mandarin ducks sakazuki to chiyo (translates to) thin ice is a wedding cup usukori (translates to) for a thousand years (trans. Marks in Bogel) K 109/34.131
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Artist's seals | Hiroshige | Yusai
Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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