- Titles Sawamura Kitō I, Nakamura Tamashichi I, and Arashi Rikaku II as Spirits of Mandarin Ducks in Aratamaru (Proper)@沢村其答、中村玉七、二代目嵐璃珏 (Proper)@Sawamura Kitō I, Nakamura Tamashichi I, and Arashi Rikaku II as oshidori no seirei (spirits of Mandarin Ducks) in Aratamaru oshika omoiba (Thinking about how the Mandarin Ducks have changed) (Former title)
- Artist Utagawa Hirosada, Japan, about 1818-1865@Published by, Kawaoto, Japanese
- Medium ink and color on paper (triptych)
- Dimensions 14 3/8 × 29 3/8 in. (36.5 × 74.6 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.615.1998a-c
- Work Type woodblock prints
- Classification Prints
- Signature Recto, printed, right on right print: Hirosada (広貞) Recto, red seal, below signature: 小西五長 Recto, printed, right on central print: Hirosada (広貞) Recto, red seal, below signature: 小西五長 Recto, printed, left on left print: Hirosada (広貞) Recto, red seal, below signature: 小西五長
- Marks Rankei
- Provenance With Arts and designs of Japan, San Francisco, CA; by purchase October 1993 Catherine H. Collins; by bequest to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art.