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雪中の竹に鴛鴦
Mandarin Ducks and Snow-covered Bamboo
雪中の竹に鴛鴦
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Aitanzaku; 32.8 x 11 cm (12 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8009
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ôta Mem. Mus., Hiroshige kachôga ten (1997), #57; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 240, chûtanzaku #23.08?
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1215, 21.8009, 50.16
The same poem, on other prints, is translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints, p. 318.
The same poem, on other prints, is translated by Alfred H. Marks in Bogel, Goldman, and Marks, Hiroshige Birds and Flowers (1988); and in Mann, Sixty Years with Japanese Prints, p. 318.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
InscriptionsPoem: Oshidori no/ sakazuki to chiyo/ usugôri
おし鳥の 盃とちよ うす氷
おし鳥の 盃とちよ うす氷
ProvenanceDecember 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.