Image

RISDM 34-129.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Ducks and Reeds (Ashi ni oshidori), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Mandarin Ducks and Reeds (Ashi ni oshidori)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 33.7 x 11.4 cm (13 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed number verso, bottom towards the left:306Poem: Oshidori no/wakare mo mitari/asa-arashi In a morning storm/I saw two Mandarin ducks partThe poem probably means a couple forced to part. Another poem using "asa arashi" (morning storm) describes a man setting off in a boat in blustering winds as his wife watches sadly from shore.The same poem appears on another print in the collection with the poet's name:Oshidori no/wakare o* mitari/asa arashiThe morning tempest/sees even mandarin ducks/go separate ways.(trans. Marks in Bogel) Poem signed Sakushoken Riho K261/34.133 *preferable to read "mo"

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawashô

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.129

About

Mandarin Ducks and Reeds (Ashi ni oshidori)

Inscribed number verso, bottom towards the left:306Poem: Oshidori no/wakare mo mitari/asa-arashi In a morning storm/I saw two Mandarin ducks partThe poem probably means a couple forced to part. Another poem using "asa arashi" (morning storm) describes a man setting off in a boat in blustering winds as his wife watches sadly from shore.The same poem appears on another print in the collection with the poet's name:Oshidori no/wakare o* mitari/asa arashiThe morning tempest/sees even mandarin ducks/go separate ways.(trans. Marks in Bogel) Poem signed Sakushoken Riho K261/34.133 *preferable to read "mo"

Signature: Signed at lower right | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawashô

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

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