Clearing Weather at Awazu (Awazu seiran), from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

近江八景　「粟津晴嵐」

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.8 x 17.5 cm (9 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession Number49.569

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionLandscape in a circle, surrounded by poem on design of ferns. Complete series: 49.567 through 49.574.

Signed Toyohiro ga
豊広画

InscriptionsPoem: Kumo harau/ arashi ni tsurete/ momo fune no/ chi fune mo nami no/ Awazu ni zo yoru

Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)