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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 34.6 x 11.4 cm (13 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

K259/34.129;34.135

Poem:
Oshidori nowakare mo mitari/asa-arashi

In a morning storm/I saw two Mandarin ducks part

Signature: Signed lower left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

Identification

Edition

The Bogel entry remarks that a print illustrated Christie's, New York (April 1987), lot 254 has yellow rather than the brown shading at the top of this print and a square Ichiryûsai seal after the signature. The Vever catalogue cited below has the same gourd-shaped seal as this example. The Ainsworth Collection print lacks either seal so is considered a later impression.

Place

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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.133

About

Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori)

The Bogel entry remarks that a print illustrated Christie's, New York (April 1987), lot 254 has yellow rather than the brown shading at the top of this print and a square Ichiryûsai seal after the signature. The Vever catalogue cited below has the same gourd-shaped seal as this example. The Ainsworth Collection print lacks either seal so is considered a later impression.

K259/34.129;34.135

Poem:
Oshidori nowakare mo mitari/asa-arashi

In a morning storm/I saw two Mandarin ducks part

Signature: Signed lower left | Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Artist's seal | Ichiryûsai

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Kacho-ga II

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Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Mandarin Duck ([Setchû] Oshidori) with the accession number of 34.133. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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