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Twilight Snow at Mount Hira (Hira bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei no uchi)

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 22.5 x 34.7 cm (8 7/8 x 13 11/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1249
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Yuki haruru/ Hira no takane no/ yûgure wa/ hana no sakari ni/ suguru koro ka na 雪はるる 比良の高嶺の 夕ぐれは 花のさかりに すぐるころかな
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)