Snow Scene at the Shrine of Benzaiten in the Pond at Inokashira (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)

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Snow Scene at the Shrine of Benzaiten in the Pond at Inokashira (Inokashira no ike Benzaiten no yashiro yuki no kei), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Places (Meisho setsugekka)

「名所雪月花　井の頭の池弁才天の社雪の景」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1844–45 (Kôka 1–2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.9 x 36 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8893

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 243, horizontal ôban #84.1; Tanba 1965, #223; Matsuki 1939, #s 311 and 312

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.657, 06.1263, 11.2172, 20.36, 21.8893

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印：なし
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 1915, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.