Mallard Duck and Snow-covered Reeds

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Title

Mallard Duck and Snow-covered Reeds

Creator

Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797 - 1858

Date

ca. 1832

Subject

Kamo naku ya
kaze fuki-shiwamu
mizu no omo
A duck quacks—
as the wind wrinkles
the face of the water.
—Trans. John T. Carpenter

Format

woodblock print
15 x 6.5 inches

Type

print

Source

Gift of Dr. Karen Hughes in Honor of Dorothy Naylor Woodbury

Citation

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797 - 1858, “Mallard Duck and Snow-covered Reeds,” Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection, accessed May 14, 2024, https://ewinggallery.omeka.net/items/show/638.