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Twilight Snow on the Sumida RIver (Sumidagawa bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)


「江戸八景 隅田川暮雪」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical aiban; 33.1 x 22.6 cm (13 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6523
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #480.3; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 246.1.3; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #761; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #391
DescriptionUkiyo-e shûka identifies the publisher of the series as Moriya Jihei, but there is no publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.