Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Ducks and Reeds, Circa 1843
Woodblock print
Chutanzaku:
38 x 12.7 cm
15 x 5 in
38 x 12.7 cm
15 x 5 in
Signed: Hiroshige hitsu
Artist's seal: Yusai
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotaro (Shogendo)
Artist's seal: Yusai
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotaro (Shogendo)
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The poem has been translated by John T. Carpenter: 鴨鳴屋 風吹思和無 水廼遠毛 (鴨鳴や 風吹しはむ 水のをも) Kamo naku ya kaze fuki-shiwamu mizu no omo A duck quacks— as the wind wrinkles the face of the...
The poem has been translated by John T. Carpenter:
鴨鳴屋 風吹思和無 水廼遠毛 (鴨鳴や 風吹しはむ 水のをも)
Kamo naku ya
kaze fuki-shiwamu
mizu no omo
A duck quacks—
as the wind wrinkles
the face of the water.
This impression is the second edition with the publisher's mark changed from Kawasho (of the first edition) to Fujihiko. For another example of the second edition in the collection of The MET, accession no. JP1895, and further reading, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60012773
鴨鳴屋 風吹思和無 水廼遠毛 (鴨鳴や 風吹しはむ 水のをも)
Kamo naku ya
kaze fuki-shiwamu
mizu no omo
A duck quacks—
as the wind wrinkles
the face of the water.
This impression is the second edition with the publisher's mark changed from Kawasho (of the first edition) to Fujihiko. For another example of the second edition in the collection of The MET, accession no. JP1895, and further reading, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60012773