Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

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

Dimensions

Image: 37.8 x 13 cm (14 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: 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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.130.1

Type

Related Objects

More objects +

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 37.8 x 13 cm (14 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.130.1

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.