PrintsJapanese19th century

Sumida River in the Snow, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

19th century

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Classification

Prints

Medium

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" diptych; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

37.1 x 25.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

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Utagawa Hiroshige II, Late Edo period, ninth month of 1861

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Fuji and Yatsugatake in Shinshū (Shinshū Yatsugatake no Fuji): Detatched page from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei) Vol. 2

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Foreign Brick Building on the Yokohama Waterfront (Yokohama kaigan gaikokukan rengadukuri no zu)

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Act Eight from the series Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chūshingura: Hachi danme)

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Actors as Modern Versions of the Five Women (Tōsei gonin onna)

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Ten Realms of Existence

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Nihon Embankment, Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nihonzutsumi), Number 100 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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WISTERIA AND WOOD-CRACKER BIRD

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