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The Gion Shrine in Snow (Gion-sha setchû), from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyôto meisho no uchi)


「京都名所之内 祇園社雪中」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834 (Tenpô 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.6 x 35 cm (8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8194
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 246, horizontal ôban #35.02
DescriptionMFA impressions: 20.778, 21.8194, 21.8195

No publisher's mark on this impression.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in right margin, cut off of this impression)
改印:(極)
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.