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The Gion Shrine in Snow (Gion-sha setchû), from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyôto meisho no uchi)


「京都名所之内 祇園社雪中」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.7 x 37.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number20.778
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #35.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 20.778, 21.8194, 21.8195
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1920, purchased by the MFA for $50. (Accession Date: June 3, 1920)