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Camellia Blossoms in Snow


雪椿
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Chûtanzaku; 34.8 x 11.5 cm (13 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8055
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné RISD, Yomigaeru bi (1990), #293 (white background)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.8054 (gray background), 21.8055 (white background)
Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆
Marks Censor's seal: Mera
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良
彫師:なし
InscriptionsPoem, by Fûdô Keiri: Mono no hon/ tatsune atsumete/ fuyu komori
ものの本 たつねあつめて 冬こもり  風堂鶏里
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.