A Mandarin Duck on a Snowy Bank
1830s
Medium
Color woodblock print; ko-tanzaku
Dimensions
34 × 11.5 cm (13 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
88830
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The haiku, by Sakushôkken Riho, has been translated as: The morning tempest sees even mandarin ducks go separate ways.
About the Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige · 1826–1869
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), born Andō Tokutarō, was the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking and one of the most influential landscape artists in history. Born in Edo (modern Tokyo) into a low-ranking samurai family serving as fire wardens, Hiroshige transformed landscape printmaking into a poetic meditation on nature, weather, and everyday life. His revolutionary approac...