Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

「近江八景　比良暮雪」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 25 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number53.2049

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 253, ôban #16.6

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 3
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳三
彫師：なし

InscriptionsPoem: Yuki haruru/ Hira no takane no/ yûgure wa/ hana no sakari ni/ suguru koro ka na

Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.