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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; 37.4 x 12.8 cm (14 3/4 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7049
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
ProvenanceFebruary 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.