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「名所八景 富士暮雪 下仙元後宮中宮全図」
Twilight Snow on Mount Fuji: Complete View of the Back Shrine and the Middle Shrine at Shimo Sengen (Fuji bosetsu, Shimo Sengen atomiya nakamiya zenzu), from the series Eight VIews of Famous Places (Meisho hakkei), 2nd edition
「名所八景 富士暮雪 下仙元後宮中宮全図」
Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige) (Japanese, about 1802–1835)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.7 x 36.1 cm (9 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.113
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #216; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #297; Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #289
DescriptionMFA impressions: 49.670, RES.54.113 (both second edition)
In the first edition the series title is written in standard script; in the second edition, it is in semi-cursive script, and there are some other changes in the blocks.
In the first edition the series title is written in standard script; in the second edition, it is in semi-cursive script, and there are some other changes in the blocks.
Signed
Toyokuni hitsu
豊国筆
豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
Artist's seal: Utagawa
改印：極
Artist's seal: Utagawa
改印：極
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)