1843
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
歌川広重画 雪中芦に鴨|Mallard and Snow-covered Reeds is a 1843 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Bird, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a bird—likely a duck—perched on a thin reed. Its feathers are mostly white with dark markings, and its beak is pointed. The background is a dark, snowy scene with branches and falling snowflakes. The bird faces left, but its tail feathers fan out behind it. The artist used simple lines and bold colors to make the bird stand out against the wintery blues. The snow looks light and fluffy, while the reed stays stark and bare. Next, look up Utagawa Hiroshige to see how he painted other birds and landscapes.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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