id:			120222
accession number:	1940.983
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.983
updated:		2023-12-07 13:02:53.990000

Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo, c. 1837–38. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22 x 34.4 cm (8 11/16 x 13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.983

title:				Evening Snow at Asuka Hill, from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo
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creation date:			c. 1837–38
creation date earliest:		1832
creation date latest:		1843
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 22 x 34.4 cm (8 11/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikaku)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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	inscription:	The snow falling heavily in the dusk not only covers up signs/ 
that warn against breaking branches of the cherry trees on Asuka Hill,/ 
but breaks down the branches, as well. 
Shōyōan Kōjin (or Takahito)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-01-02T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Japanese Prints and Ceramics from The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, and The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College</em>. College of Wooster, Wooster, OH (October 9-November 1, 1981).

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PROVENANCE

	James Parmelee [1855-1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington D.C., bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1940
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940-
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