Cleveland Museum of Art
Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido)
Utagawa HiroshigeLinkedCulture matchlcp-058622c2ea8f
- Date
- 1833
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152495
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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- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Provenance
- ?–1975: Edith Ehrman [1932–1974], New York, NY, consigned to Sotheby's for sale after her death | June 17, 1975: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, June 17, 1975 sale, lot 139) | 1975?–?: (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) | ?–1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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