id: 111646 accession number: 1930.180.c share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.180.c updated: 2022-01-04 15:09:35.340000 Mountain and River on the Kiso Road, 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; overall: 36 x 25.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.180.c title: Mountain and River on the Kiso Road title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1857 creation date earliest: 1857 creation date latest: 1857 current location: creditline: Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: One of a triptych of color woodblock prints department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 36 x 25.2 cm (14 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Hiroshige hitsu Publisher: Okazawaya Taheiji (emblem) Censorship Seal: aratame translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); February 20 - May 6, 2003.
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections". --- PROVENANCE (S. H. Mori); sold to Edward L. Whittemore in 1925 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of setsugekka, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. This panoramic scene features a river passing snow-covered mountains along the Kiso Road. wall description: This dramatic snowscape represents the popular print theme of snow, moon, and flowers, symbolizing winter, autumn, and spring. Hiroshige designed several landmarks along the Kiso Road, the northern route from Edo to Kyoto that traversed a less populated and more mountainous terrain than the well-known Tokaido route along the seacoast. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.180.c/1930.180.c_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.180.c/1930.180.c_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.180.c/1930.180.c_full.tif