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Winter: Snow on the Sumida River (Fuyu, Sumidagawa no yuki), from the series Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kôto meisho)


「四季江都名所 冬 隅田川之雪」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–34 (Tenpô 3–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 37.6 x 12.5 cm (14 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7048
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #13; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #102.4, pl. 1027; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 241, chûtanzaku #03.04; Matsuki 1939, #629
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.2271 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.7048, 21.7049

Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.