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Kanbara yoru no yuki (Kanbara, Night Snow) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)


Utagawa Hiroshige, Kanbara yoru no yuki (Kanbara, Night Snow) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō), 1833/1834, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.484

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Title

Kanbara yoru no yuki (Kanbara, Night Snow) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)

Related Titles

edition title: Hōeidō ban Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō published by Hōeidō)

original language: 蒲原 夜之雪

series (original language): 東海道五拾三次之内

series (translated): Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

series (transliterated): Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi

translated: Kanbara, Night Snow

transliterated: Kanbara yoru no yuki

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Related People

publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Japanese, 1780-1854)

Date

1833/1834

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image/sheet: 9 1/8 in x 13 3/4 in (margins trimmed off)

Inscriptions & Markings

title: 蒲原 // 夜之雪, printed in black ink and red intaglio within gourd-shaped cartouche, top middle Transliteration (Translation): Kanbara // yoru no yuki (Kanbara // Night snow) Language: Japanese

series title: 東海道五拾三次之内, printed in black ink, top middle Transliteration (Translation): Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: 竹内, printed in red relief within circular cartouche, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Takeuchi ([seal of the publisher Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Hōeidō 保永堂 active c. 1832-40.

signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshige ga (picture [by] Hiroshige) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.484

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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