Winter: Snow on the Sumida River (Fuyu, Sumidagawa no yuki 冬 隅田川之雪), from the series “Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons” (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Winter: Snow on the Sumida River (Fuyu, Sumidagawa no yuki 冬 隅田川之雪), from the series “Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons” (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)

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Winter: Snow on the Sumida River (Fuyu, Sumidagawa no yuki 冬 隅田川之雪), from the series “Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons” (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所),

ca. 1832–34 [Tenpō 3–5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Published by Kawaguchi Shōzō 川口正蔵
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2011-109.4

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Title
Winter: Snow on the Sumida River (Fuyu, Sumidagawa no yuki 冬 隅田川之雪), from the series “Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons” (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Dates

ca. 1832–34 [Tenpō 3–5]

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Published by Kawaguchi Shōzō 川口正蔵
Medium
Woodblock print (chutanzaku format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to block: 38.1 x 13.3 cm. (15 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund
Object Number
2011-109.4
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints
Materials
ink, tanzaku, paper, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
winter, snow, rivers

–2011 Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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