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Twilight Snow at Asuka Hill (Asukayama no bosetsu), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinkô hakkei no uchi)


「江戸近郊八景 飛鳥山暮雪」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 37.7 cm (10 1/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5229
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #175; Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #66; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #06.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5229, 21.5231, 21.5232

The first edition of this series was privately commissioned for the poetry club headed by Taihaidô Nomimasu. This is the second edition, with slightly more worn blocks and fewer poems included in each design.
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem by Nomimasu
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.