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Center sheet of: Snow View (Yuki no nagame), from the series Fashionable Genji (Fûryû Genji)


風流源氏 雪の眺め
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.8 cm (14 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5917
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks et al., Genji's World (2012), list #G550-02, pl. 234; Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #156; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 248, ôban triptych #94.7; Tanba 1965, #113
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych co-designed with Kunisada (Toyokuni III).

MFA impressions: *06.1264 (center sheet only, deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39586a-c (complete triptych), 21.5917 (center sheet only), 47.25-7 (complete triptych), 2016.924a-c
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Ox 12
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Artist's seal: Ichiryûsai
改印:改、丑十二
彫師:彫竹
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.