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)

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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

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

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)