Image

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori), Edo Period

Description

Maker

Title

Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Circular label affixed verso, bottom right: Certified Genuine/The Old Prints Society Tokyo;Red oval stamp verso, bottom right: [Japanese Characters] Inscription UL.

[text and poems]
Hara no tatsu (translates to) Take an angry man
hito ni misebaya (translates to) and show him mandarin ducks
oshi futatsu (translates to) -they never break up

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Yusai

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.348

About

Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori)

Circular label affixed verso, bottom right: Certified Genuine/The Old Prints Society Tokyo;Red oval stamp verso, bottom right: [Japanese Characters] Inscription UL.

[text and poems]
Hara no tatsu (translates to) Take an angry man
hito ni misebaya (translates to) and show him mandarin ducks
oshi futatsu (translates to) -they never break up

Signature: Signed at right | Hiroshige ga

Seals: Artist's seal | Yusai

Place Made: Japan

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989

Use

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