Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher

Title

Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki)
From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi)
東海道五十三次之内
蒲原　夜之雪

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1833

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 22.7 x 35.4 cm (8 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Hoeido (Publisher); kiwame (Censor)

Seals: Publisher's seal | Takeuchi; censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

State

16th print from a later version of the series

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.16

Type

Exhibition History

Hiroshige
Selections from the Collection
Mar 07, 2003 – Jun 01, 2003

Label copy

This view of Kanbara cannot be identified with any specific spot in that area and appears to have been a creation of the artist.

Hiroshige's "Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido"
A Journey Through Japanese Woodblock Prints, Part II
Aug 29, 1997 – Dec 14, 1997
The Road to Kyoto
Selected Views from Hiroshige's Tokaido Gojosan Tsugi No Uchi (The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido)
Nov 01, 1981 – Jan 01, 1982

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八 (Japanese, c. 1833-1850), publisher
Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki); From the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi); 東海道五十三次之内; 蒲原　夜之雪, ca. 1833
Polychrome woodblock print
Horizontal ōban: 22.7 x 35.4 cm (8 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 41.080.16

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