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Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido
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The Art Institute of Chicago

Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

Color woodblock print; obanUtagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858/c. 1833/34

Description

Kanbara: Evening Snow (Kanbara, yoru no yuki), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido is an internationally celebrated Color woodblock print; oban created by Utagawa Hiroshige (c. 1833/34). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959); sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

Dimensions

24.1 × 36.8 cm (9 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)

Accession No

25613

Official Citations

[The Art Institute of Chicago Official Record][Full Resolution Image]
Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Japanese (culture or style) • Japan • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries