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Original - "Mandarin Ducks" by Hiroshige, an ukiyo-e woodcut print.
Reason
Supplying the duck nomination that seems to be requisite of FPC regulars. Encyclopedic at Utagawa school, which previously had no illustration. Restored version of File:Mandarin duck woodcut.jpg. See also compressed version at File:Mandarin duck3 courtesy copy.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Utagawa school
Creator
Hiroshige
"Out in a morning wind,
Have seen a pair of mandarin ducks parting.
Even the best loving couple makes a quarrel."
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Refinement of the translation will be welcomed.--トトト (talk) 00:54, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted -- Seddσn talk|WikimediaUK 01:22, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]