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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Twilight Snow at Asakusa (Asakusa no bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Tôto hakkei)


「東都八景　浅艸の暮雪」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Hikotarô (Shôgendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)
Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 15.3 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.654
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 236, horizontal chûban #25.1; Tanba 1965, #228
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.654 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9062, 54.391
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜
彫師：なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross