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The Second Month: Matsuchiyama in Snow at Dusk (Kisaragi, Matsuchiyama yuki no tasogare), from the series True Views of Famous Places in Tokyo (Tôkyô meisho shinkei no uchi)

(Japanese, 1847–1915)
1896 (Meiji 29), February
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 38.6 x 75.4 cm (15 3/16 x 29 11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith's Group
Accession number35.1883-5
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Toku no ka ni/ hazamu ya yuki no/ watashibune 徳の香に はつむや雪の わたし船
ProvenanceBy 1935, Mrs. Wilmot R. Evans, Boston; 1935, sold by Mrs. Evans to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935)