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「東海道五十三次之内 蒲原 夜之雪」
Kanbara: Night Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), second state, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô or Great Tôkaidô
「東海道五十三次之内 蒲原 夜之雪」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.4 x 38 cm (10 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number42.566
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 245, horizontal ôban #55.16
DescriptionNo. 16 in the series, second state (sky dark at horizon, no lines in knees of figure at right).
MFA impressions:
First state: 11.26110, *11.38911 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.5031
Second state: *06.1183 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17295, 11.25156, 11.30429, 21.5032, 42.566, 2009.2411.16
MFA impressions:
First state: 11.26110, *11.38911 (deaccessioned in 2012), 21.5031
Second state: *06.1183 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.17295, 11.25156, 11.30429, 21.5032, 42.566, 2009.2411.16
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Provenance1942, gift of Lucy Truman Aldrich (b. 1869 - d. 1955), Providence, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1942)