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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; 22.2 x 34 cm (8 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6808
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 #28.6; 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; in left margin, cut off of this impression)
改印：（極）
改印：（極）
InscriptionsPoem: Yuki haruru/ Hira no takane no/ yûgure wa/ hana no sakari ni/ suguru koro ka na
雪ふるる 比良ひらの高嶺たかねの 夕暮れは 花の盛りに すぐる春かな
雪ふるる 比良ひらの高嶺たかねの 夕暮れは 花の盛りに すぐる春かな
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (#479); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.