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


近江八景 「比良暮雪」
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1795–1801 (late Kansei era)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 16.2 x 11.7 cm (6 3/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8442
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Hayashi, "Ômi hakkei shôhin," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 48 (1975), p. 14, figs. 3-8 (this design not illustrated)
Signed Toyohiro ga
豊広画
ProvenanceMay 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.