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Snow at Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjôji setchû no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 芝増上寺雪中ノ図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.6 x 34 cm (8 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9787
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #70.9, pls. 654 (snow), 655 (no snow); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #68.09; Tanba 1965, #204; Matsuki 1939, #75
DescriptionMFA impressions:
With snow, publisher Nunokichi: 21.9787
No snow, no publisher's mark: *06.597 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.9786, 52.1044
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
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.