Eight Views of Kanazawa at Night

Description

Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of setsugekka, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. This panoramic scene shows the autumn moon over Kanazawa, near Tokyo. Hiroshige’s contemporaries would have recognized the coastline dotted with villages, fishing boats, and the distinctive double-arched bridge at the bottom right.

Provenance

Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865-1944], ?-1924, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1924); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1924-present (1924-)

Eight Views of Kanazawa at Night

Utagawa Hiroshige

1857

Accession Number

1924.967

Medium

Triptych of color woodblock prints

Dimensions

Overall: 35.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/8 x 10 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss for the Dudley P. Allen Collection