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Clear Weather after Snow at Matsuchiyama (Matsuchiyama yukibare no zu), cut from one sheet of the harimaze series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


東都名所 「真乳山雪晴之図」 (張交)
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1843–44 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Harimaze, cut from vertical ôban sheet; 35.5 x 7.6 cm (14 x 3 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8838
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, vertical ôban #49.4; Tanba 1965, #461 (uncut sheet); Matsuki 1939, #574 (uncut sheet)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1260, 21.8838

From a series of five sheets with three small designs each, for a total of fifteen views. On this sheet: 21.8835 (Tsukudajima), 21.8838 (Matsushiyama), and a third scene of Ochanomizu.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.