Utagawa Hiroshige, Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.983 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo

c. 1837–38

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
22 × 34.4 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-195115

This print series was first privately produced for the Taihaidō poetry club led by a “wild” or comic verse (kyōka) poet with the humorous pen name Taihaidō Donshō (or Nomimasu), which translates to “Hall of the Large Cup, Swallow a Liter (or Drink).” The initial print had three poems by members of the club at the top. This print, released as part of a public set of the series later on, has but a single poem, not featured in the original, which reads: The snow falling heavily in the dusk not only covers up signs that warn against breaking branches of the cherry trees on Asuka Hill, but breaks …

Provenance

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.983

Registry history

  • c. 1837–38 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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