Hiroshige Evening snow at Takanawa

Edo prints

Design:

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Title:

Evening snow at Takanawa

Series title:

The eight snow scenes in the Eastern capital

Size:

22.0 x 35.0 cm (ōban)

Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks

Photography:

Jacques Commandeur

Originally published in Kyoto by Shōtarō Satō in 1928. This reprint was published by Ōedo Mokuhansha in the 1950s.

Artist’s signature at the bottom right of the print area:

Series and print title in cartouche in top left area of the print:

Name of the publisher of this reprint in the right margin:

Followed by the surnames of carver Harada (原田) Kametarō (亀太郎) and printer Itakura (板倉) Hidetsugu (秀継):

References

Provenance: Fuji Arts