Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

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Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

「近江八景　比良暮雪」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri with usuzumi); ink on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 16.8 x 22.7 cm (6 5/8 x 8 15/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6823

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 237, horizontal chûban #8.6

DescriptionAccording to the list in Ukiyo-e shûka 14, this series was made in color, blue, and gray (as here) versions.

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks No censor's seal

ProvenanceFebruary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from S. Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.