Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira / Andô Hiroshige / Attributed to
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- Accession Number
- 1948/1.134
- Title
- Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira
- Artist
- Andô Hiroshige
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1797-1858
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1834
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kanto (region)
- Tokyo (metropolis)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kanto (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Tokyo (metropolis)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Inscription
- Signature: Hiroshige ga
- Publishers: Hoeido and Eikyudo
- Dimensions
- 22.9 cm x 34.8 cm (9 in. x 13 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- The snowy mass of Mount Hira rises behind a snow-covered village and clumps of bamboo by an inlet of Lake Biwa. The attendant poem in the upper left corner reads:
- He who would see the beauty of the evening on the peaks of
- Hira must behold it after the snows have fallen and before the
- flowers are fully blown.
- Subject Matter
- This print is one of eight that depicted the beauty of Ômi province, centered around Lake Biwa. This particular print shows the dark silhouettes of travelers, perhaps along the Tokaido Road, making their way through the snow.
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- weather-related phenomena
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1349 x 881
- File Size
- 151 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.134
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"Eight Views of Ômi: #1 Evening Snow on Mount Hira; Andô Hiroshige; Attributed to." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.134/1948_1.134.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.