PrintsJapanese19th century

Nihonbashi, Clearing After Snow (Nihonbashi yukibare), Number 1 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

1856 (Ansei 3), 5th month

Artists

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重Artist

Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉Publisher

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

Vertical ōban format: H. 35.9 cm x W. 24.2 cm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Related Artworks

Prints

No. 27, from the series Magic Lantern Slides of That Romantic Purple Figure (Sono sugata yukari no utsushi-e)

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞, c. 1847-1852 (Kōka 4- An'ei 5)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年, 1888

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine (Kameido Tenjin keidai), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1856 (Ansei 3), 7th month

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Triptych: Ikaiei fukin Tōshū-fu kō[?] gekisen no zu

Utagawa Kokunimasa, Meiji period, dated 1894

Woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

After the Bath, from an untitled series of everyday scenes

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, c. 1799-1800 (Kansei 11-12)

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

18th and 19th centuriesJapanese

Prints

Wide View of Both Banks of the Sumida River, Edo

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period, circa 1804

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "nagasurimono" format(?); ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Gakyōrōjin Hokusai utsusu"

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Takata Riding Grounds (Takata no baba) Print from Keyblock

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print from key block ("nagasurimono" format); ink on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Hokusai manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks), vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Late Edo period, dated 1815

Woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Dignitaries of the Empire Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (楊洲周延), 1887 (Meiji 20)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

NOJIMA YUSHO, from the series Eight Views of Kanazawa (Kanazawa hakkei)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 19th century

Ukiyo-e woodblock print; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Rough Sketch of the Lighthouse of Chōshi Harbor in Shimōsa (Sōshū Chōshikō tōdai ryakuzu)

Yōsai Kuniteru II 曜斎国輝, Meiji period, late 19th century

Center panel from an ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "ōban" triptych; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Visit to Kanda Myōjin, with poems by Hirakataan Hayaki, Mitsugian,and two associates

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Edo period,

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese