Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Two Ducks Swimming among Reeds, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Two Ducks Swimming among Reeds

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Chūtanzakuban: 37.9 x 12.4 cm (14 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: 鴨鳴屋　風吹思和無　水廼遠毛
Translation: A duck calls softly, a breeze starts ripples moving over the water;
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō; Collector's seal: 林 忠正 Hayashi Tadamasa

Label: On verso at bottom right corner, white rectangular label with blue border inscribed in ink: X2690

Marks: On verso, at bottom right: 506

Place

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

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

34.130.2

Two Ducks Swimming among Reeds

Inscription Text/Poem: 鴨鳴屋　風吹思和無　水廼遠毛
Translation: A duck calls softly, a breeze starts ripples moving over the water;
(Translation from Alfred H.Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers, 1988)

Signature: 廣重筆 Hiroshige hitsu (Brushed by Hiroshige)

Seals: Designer's seal: 幽斎 Yūsai; Publisher's seal: 川正 Kawashō; Collector's seal: 林 忠正 Hayashi Tadamasa

Label: On verso at bottom right corner, white rectangular label with blue border inscribed in ink: X2690

Marks: On verso, at bottom right: 506

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

Exhibition History

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