Skip to Content
Today Open today 10–11 members | 11–5 public

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank

A work made of color woodblock print; ko-tanzaku.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

Image actions

  • A work made of color woodblock print; ko-tanzaku.

Date:

1830s

Artist:

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Japanese, 1797–1858

About this artwork

The haiku, by Sakushôkken Riho, has been translated as:
The morning tempest
sees even mandarin ducks
go separate ways.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Title

A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1830–1839

Medium

Color woodblock print; ko-tanzaku

Dimensions

34 × 11.5 cm (13 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1928.831

IIIF Manifest  The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.

https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/88830/manifest.json

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Learn more

Image actions

Share