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Traveler in Snow, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical nagaban; 49.7 x 22.5 cm (19 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineNellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession number34.322
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ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Sumô Wrestler Ushigase
Katsushika Hokusai
1790 (Kansei 2), 1st month