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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.110
People
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Published by Yamamotoya Heikichi 山本屋平吉
Title
Evening Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei no uchi)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1834-35
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Tōkyō
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208928

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban: H. 23.3 cm x W. 35.8 cm (9 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Hiroshige ga
  • inscription: Poem: Yuki haruru/ Hira no takane no/ yūgure wa/ hana no sakari ni/ suguru koro kana
    When it clears after snowfall,/ the tops of Mount Hira/ at dusk surely surpass/ the beauty of cherry trees in bloom.
    (translation in Forrer, Hiroshige Prints and Drawings (1997), cat. no. 72)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.110
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2016 - 08/11/2016

Verification Level

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