Snow on the Sumida River

隅田川の雪

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)

Japanese

Modern

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.4 x 37.7 cm (10 x 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession NumberRES.49.157

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The original: Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #275; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #2483

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.954 (original, unsigned), 21.4823 (original, signed); reproduction: RES.49.157

Signed Keisai
渓斎

Marks Artist's seals: Kei; Sai

Provenance1949, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.