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「近江八景之内 比良暮雪」
Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)
「近江八景之内 比良暮雪」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.2 x 38.2 cm (9 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #72; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #28.2; Michener, Floating World (1954), #61 and pp. 222-3
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.1249 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.17243 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.17255, 21.6807 (variant), 21.6808
Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997). Variants discusszed in Michener, Floating World (1954), pp. 222-3.
Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997). Variants discusszed in Michener, Floating World (1954), pp. 222-3.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem: Yuki haruru/ Hira no takane no/ yûgure wa/ hana no sakari ni/ suguru koro ka na
雪はるる 比良の高嶺の 夕ぐれは 花のさかりに すぐるころかな
雪はるる 比良の高嶺の 夕ぐれは 花のさかりに すぐるころかな
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.