Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo
c. 1837–38
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese Art
Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo, c. 1837–38. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22 x 34.4 cm (8 11/16 x 13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.983
- Maker/Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22 x 34.4 cm (8 11/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikaku) Censorship Seal: kiwame Inscription: The snow falling heavily in the dusk not only covers up signs/ that warn against breaking branches of the cherry trees on Asuka Hill,/ but breaks down the branches, as well. Shōyōan Kōjin (or Takahito) Remark: The signature Shōyōan Kōjin means “Hermitage of Pine and Cherry, High Person.”
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1940.983
- Credit Line
- Bequest of James Parmelee
- Exhibitions
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation, <em>Japanese Prints and Ceramics from The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, and The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College</em>. College of Wooster, Wooster, OH (October 9-November 1, 1981).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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