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The Second Month: Matsuchiyama in Snow at Dusk (Kisaragi, Matsuchiyama yuki no tasogare), from the series True Views of Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho shinkei no uchi)


「東京名所真景之内 如月 待乳山雪の黄昏」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Inoue Kichijirô (Teikadô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1896 (Meiji 29), February

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.6 x 75.4 cm (15 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession Number35.1883-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Edo-Tokyo Mus., Dai Ukiyo-e ten (2014), #409; Shizuoka Mus., Kobayashi Kiyochika (exh. cat., 1998), #120; Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), #112; Yoshida, Kiyochika (1964), #144
DescriptionTriptych: 35.1883 (left), 35.1884 (center), 35.1885 (right)
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Artist's seal: Kiyochika
InscriptionsPoem: Toku no ka ni/ hazamu ya yuki no/ watashibune
徳の香に はつむや雪の わたし船
ProvenanceBy 1935, Mrs. Wilmot R. Evans, Boston; 1935, sold by Mrs. Evans to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935)