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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Duck in Snow (Setchû ashi no kamo), Edo Period

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Duck in Snow (Setchû ashi no kamo)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print with embossing

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.6 x 17.5 cm (14 13/16 x 6 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Kamo naki* ya/kaze fukishiwamu/mizu no omo
A duck calls softly;/a breeze sets ripples moving/over the water

Signature: Signed below | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Fukujû

Identification

Edition

Later impressions have the seal of the publisher Sanoya Kihei in place of the artist's seal

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.272

Duck in Snow (Setchû ashi no kamo)

Later impressions have the seal of the publisher Sanoya Kihei in place of the artist's seal

Kamo naki* ya/kaze fukishiwamu/mizu no omo
A duck calls softly;/a breeze sets ripples moving/over the water

Signature: Signed below | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Fukujû

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

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs

February 2 - June 10, 2007

Pines in the Snow

December 13, 1996 - March 2, 1997

Bird-and-Flower Prints

December 26, 1992 - February 28, 1993

Kacho-ga II

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Baikal Teal and Reeds (Ashi ni kamo), Edo (Japanese period)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Baikal Teal and Reeds (descriptive), Edo Period

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Duck swimming under snow-laden reeds (Setchu ashi ni kamo), Meiji
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