Edo prints
| Design: | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | |||||
| Title: | Snowy morning in the Yoshiwara | |||||
| Series title: | Famous places in the eastern capital | |||||
| Size: | 22.6 x 34.9 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published by Sanoya Kihei in ca. 1847-1852. This reproduction published by Yūyūdō in the 1950s.
Artist’s signature in the left print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 廣 | hiro | broad | |
| 重 | shige | heavy | Picture by |
| 画 | ga | picture | Hiroshige |
Series and print title in yellow rectangular cartouche in right margin of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 東 | tō | east | |
| 都 | to | capital | |
| 名 | mei | noted | Famous places |
| 所 | sho | places | in the eastern capital |
| 吉 | yoshi | joy | |
| 原 | wara | plain | |
| 雪 | yuki | snow | |
| の | no | ’s | Snowy morning |
| 朝 | asa | morning | in the Yoshiwara |
Yūyūdō publisher seal and names of the carver and printer of this edition in the right margin of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 彫 | hori | carver | Carver: |
| 松 | matsu | pine tree | 田 | ta | rice field |
| 寅 | tora | sign of the tiguer | |
| 蔵 | zō | storehouse | Matsuda Torazō |
| 摺 | suri | printer | Printer: |
| 佐 | sa | assistent | |
| 藤 | tō | wisteria | |
| 泰 | tai | peaceful | |
| 三 | zō | three | Satō Taizō |
Provenance: Fuji Arts