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RISDM 20-1263.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Kanbara: Night snow (Kanbara yoru no yuki)

Description

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 and 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. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1263

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints by Hiroshige
Oct 31, 1961 – Nov 19, 1961

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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 wood block print
Horizontal ōban: 22.7 x 35.4 cm (8 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1263

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