Lingering Snow at Asukayama (Asukayama no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinko hakkei no uchi)"

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

1837-38

Medium
Color woodblock print; ōban
Classification
Print
Dimensions
22.2 × 34.9 cm (8 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.)
Culture
Japan
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
Credit line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

About this work

This image is printed almost entirely in shades of black and gray, with touches of color on the horse, figures, signs, and seals.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0