Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan Bentenyama setchû no zu)

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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan Bentenyama setchû no zu)

「浅草金龍山弁天山雪中之図」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1853 (Kaei 6), 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 33.7 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.815

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #223; Suzuki 1992, #62; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 5, Victoria and Albert Museum II (1987), pl. 62; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 66

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.815 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.2018, 11.2235

Signed Kuniyoshi ga
国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 2
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、丑二
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross