- 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 9 7/8 x 20 3/8 in. (25.1 x 51.8 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.614.1998a-c
- Work Type woodblock prints
- Classification Prints
- Signature Recto, printed, upper left on left print: Hirosada (広貞) Recto, printed, lower right on central print: Hirosada (広貞) Recto, printed, upper right on right print: Hirosada (広貞)
- Marks Recto, seal and printed, lower left on border of left print: Kawane / 3 (川音 / 三) Recto, seal and printed, lower left on border of central print: Kawane / 2 (川音 / 弐) Recto, seal and printed, lower left on border of right print: Kawane / 1 (川音 / 壱)
- Provenance With Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, CA; by purchase September 1989 Catherine H. Collins; by bequest to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art.