Mokuboji no bosetsu (Lingering Snow at Mokuboji Temple)

Description

Sheet from a colour woodblock print triptych entitled Mokuboji no bosetsu (Lingering Snow at Mokuboji Temple) from the series Edo hakkei (Eight Views of Edo) depicting two young women, who have emerged from a boat, preparing to climb the steps up to the temple, observed by a man and a girl in a tea house, with snow falling thickly: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1835

Museum reference

A.1887.745.64.28

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Kunisada, 1786 - 1864, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Yamamotoya Heikichi, 1812 - 1886 (fl.), Publisher

Date

c. 1835

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Mokubo-ji, Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia