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Edo prints

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	Design:	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
	Title:	Twilight snow at Ryogoku
	Series title:	Eight Views of the Eastern Capital
	Size:	24.0 x 35.0 cm (ōban)
	Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Originally published by Fujiokaya Hikotarō ca. 1835-1838. This reproduction published by Adachi in Tokyo in the 1970s.

This is a view of Ryōgoku bridge as seen from the east-bank of the Sumida river in Edo. The small bridge in the foreground is Okura bridge. For more information on these two bridges, please have a look at my other website here and here.

Black artist’s signature at the top right of print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
廣	hiro	broad
重	shige	heavy	Picture by
画	ga	picture	Hiroshige

Black series title at the left of the artist’s signature:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
東	tō	east
都	to	capital
八	hachi	eight	Eight views of
景	kei	view	the Eastern capital

Black print title at the left of the series title:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
両	ryō	both sides
国	koku	province
暮	bo	twilight	Twilight snow
雪	setsu	snow	at Ryogoku

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Provenance: Mokuhankan