The Eleventh Month: Snow at the Top of Kudanzaka Slope (Jûichigatsu Kudanzaka jô yuki), from the series Twelve Months at Famus Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho jûni kagetsu)

「東京名所十二ヶ月　十一月　九段坂上雪」

Shôsai Ikkei (Japanese, active 1860s–70s)

Japanese

Meiji era

1872 (Meiji 5), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban, creped; 26.4 × 19.1 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.263

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Miyao, Nihon no giga (1967), p. 176, fig. 2

Signed Shôsai Ikkei hitsu
昇斎一景筆

Marks Censor's seal: Water Monkey (Jinshin, mizunoe saru) 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：壬申十
彫師：なし

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.