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清親風景真画 「吉原土手田町夜之雪」
Night Snow at Tamachi on the Yoshiwara Embankment (Yoshiwara dote Tamachi yoru no yuki), from an untitled posthumous series
清親風景真画 「吉原土手田町夜之雪」
Japanese
Shôwa-era edition of Meiji-era design
1929 (Shôwa 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27 × 34.6 cm (10 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number35.1926
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), p. 116 (this design not illustrated)
DescriptionFrom a set of 26 designs produced in 1929 by the Association for the Distribution of Kiyochika's Genuine Landscapes (Kiyochika fûkei shinga haifukai), organized by Matsuki Heikichi to publish original designs created by Kiyochika before his death in 1915.
The individual titles are on the backs of the prints.
The individual titles are on the backs of the prints.
Signed
Kiyochika
清親
清親
Marks
Artist's seals: Kiyo, Chika
ProvenanceBy 1935, Mrs. Wilmot R. Evans, Boston; 1935, sold by Mrs. Evans to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935)