id:			120228
accession number:	1940.989
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.989
updated:		2025-04-08 11:06:59.605000

The Snowy Garden, 1854. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), and Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865). Triptych of color woodblock prints, ink and color on paper; sheet: 35.6 x 75 cm (14 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.989

title:				The Snowy Garden
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creation date:			1854
creation date earliest:		1854
creation date latest:		1854
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	Triptych of color woodblock prints, ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

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

* Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 35.6 x 75 cm (14 x 29 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Artists' Signatures: Toyokuni ga (right and left panel); sekkei oju Hiroshige hitsu (center panel).
Artist's Seal: Ichiyrusai (center panel).
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	inscription:	Publisher: Moriya Jisuke (Moriji, Ba 2, emblem).
Censorship seal: aratame.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2017-03-27T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 27-July 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Later Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 113)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 4, 2003-March 18, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2003-12-04T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

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