Ando Hiroshige II,
Japanese,
(1826–1869)
Evening Snowfall at Hira, c. 1846-1868
Ink on Paper
8 5/8 in. x 13 9/16 in. (21.91 cm x 34.45 cm)
Evening Snowfall at Hira, c. 1846-1868
Ink on Paper
8 5/8 in. x 13 9/16 in. (21.91 cm x 34.45 cm)
Object Type:
Print
Technique:
Wood-block Printing
Period:
Edo (Japan, 1615-1868)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Stanley Johnson
Accession Number:
2000.1.88
Alternate Title:
Omi hakkei:
Full Title:
Eight Views of Omi [Lake Biwa]: Evening Snowfall at Hira
Marks
Signed Hiroshige ga. Kiwame seal in upper left corner.
Medium
Colored ink on paper; woodblock print; oban yoko-e.
Object Description
Ninteenth century Japanese color woodblock print depicting snow capped hills with pine above a blue lake. Poem: "He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen, and before the flowers are fully blown."
Publisher
Unknown.
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