Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 25362

Mandarin Ducks in the Snow

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1797
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
393 × 1200 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Mandarin Ducks in the Snow, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) A pair of mandarin ducks swim along on a watery surface as the snow falls. The human-like character to the ducks naturally draws the viewer into the picture plane. Hiroshige was not only a creator of landscape prints, he was also especially skilled at prints of birds and flowers. This is one of Hiroshige's masterpieces. The poem brushed in the sky says, oshidorino/sakazuki toji yo/usu___.

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