Sunset Glow at Seta (Seta sekishô), from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

近江八景　「瀬田夕照」

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.1 x 17.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund

Accession Number49.571

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: Tsuyu shigure/ moru yama tôku/ sugikitsutsu/ yûhi no wataru/ Seta no nagahashi

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