id:			152495
accession number:	1985.317
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.317
updated:		2022-01-04 17:00:32.637000

Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido), 1833. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22.6 x 35.5 cm (8 7/8 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.317

title:				Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido)
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creation date:			1833
creation date earliest:		1833
creation date latest:		1833
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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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: 22.6 x 35.5 cm (8 7/8 x 14 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Takenouchi)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland Museum of Art Education Deparment, 1980: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.<br>Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".

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PROVENANCE

	Edith Ehrman (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, June 17, 1975, lot 139)
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	R. E. Lewis, Inc.
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wall description: 
The coastal town of Kambara rarely experiences snowfall. Illustrating falling snow is particularly suited to woodblock prints. The snowflakes are created by carving their shapes out of the woodblock. When the surface of the block is inked and printed, the carved areas are represented by the unprinted white paper. This print may be the first by Hiroshige to depict falling snow.
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