Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin Ducks in Stream, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Mandarin Ducks in Stream

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Ōyotsugiriban: 23.1 x 16.9 cm (9 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 腹のたつ　人に見せはや　鴛ふたつ
Translation: Take an angry man and show him mandarin ducks -they never break up;
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988);

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.348

Mandarin Ducks in Stream

Inscription Text/Poem: 腹のたつ　人に見せはや　鴛ふたつ
Translation: Take an angry man and show him mandarin ducks -they never break up;
(Translation from Alfred H. Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988);

Signature: 廣重画 Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai

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

Place Made: Japan

Publications

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

September 9, 1988 - January 22, 1989
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