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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八
  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Title

Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Object Number

41.080.16

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

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

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

Place Made: Japan
16th print from a later version of the series

Exhibition History

Hiroshige

March 7 - June 1, 2003

Hiroshige's "Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido"

August 29 - December 14, 1997

The Road to Kyoto

November 1, 1981 - January 1, 1982

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki), Edo (Japanese period)
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