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Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)


「近江八景之内 粟津晴嵐」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.1 x 37.3 cm (9 1/2 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6800
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #74; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #28.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.863 (deaccessioned in 2019), *06.1019 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17250, 21.6799, 21.6800

Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in left margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
InscriptionsPoem: Kumo harau/ arashi ni tsurete/ momo fune mo/ chi fune mo nami no/ Awazu ni zo yoru
雲はらふ あらしにつれて 百ふねも 千ふねもなみの あわ津にそよる
ProvenanceJanuary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.