Sumida-gawa setchū no zu (Picture of Sumida River in the Snow)

Description

Part of a colour woodblock triptych print entitled Sumida-gawa setchū no zu (Picture of Sumida River in the Snow), from the series Edo meisho shiki no ___ (Famous Places in Edo in the Four Seasons), depicting young women on the banks of the Sumida River in snow: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1848

Museum reference

A.1887.745.44.270

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Maruya Jinpachi, 1759 - 1872 (fl.), Publisher

Date

c. 1848

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Sumida-gawa, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia