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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)

Title

Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori)

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1830s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

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

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.348

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Feathers, Flowers, Talons and Fangs
Power and Serenity in Japanese Nature Prints
Feb 02, 2007 – Jun 10, 2007
Seeing with the Mind's Eye
The Art of Printmaking in Japan
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000
Hiroshige
Birds and Flowers
Sep 09, 1988 – Jan 22, 1989

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Mandarin ducks in stream (Kareashi ni oshidori), 1830s
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 34.348

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