Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). <em>Evening Snow on the Asuka Mountain (Asukayama no Bosetsu)</em>, ca. 1838. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 1/2 in. (23.4 x 36.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.577 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.577_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Evening Snow on the Asuka Mountain (Asukayama no Bosetsu), ca. 1838. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 1/2 in. (23.4 x 36.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.577 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.577_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

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Evening Snow on the Asuka Mountain (Asukayama no Bosetsu)

Utagawa Hiroshige

Asian Art

To create the soft contours of the hillsides in this lovely rendering of the “snow in the evening” subject, Hiroshige’s printer employed a technique called bokashi. Unlike most woodblock printing, in which ink is applied evenly across the block for a consistent plane of color, for this technique the printer uses moisture and smears to create gradual transitions from thick to thin ink, blurring between dark and light tones.

ARTIST Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858

MEDIUM Color woodblock print on paper

Place Made: Japan

DATES ca. 1838

PERIOD Edo Period

DIMENSIONS Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 1/2 in. (23.4 x 36.8 cm) Image: 8 7/8 x 13 13/16 in. (22.5 x 35.0 cm) (show scale)

SIGNATURE Hiroshige, Yegoku

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 39.577

CREDIT LINE Frank L. Babbott Fund

PROVENANCE Prior to 1939, provenance not yet documented; before 1939, reportedly in the Church Collection; by 1939, acquired by George Tuttle of Brooklyn, NY; 1939, purchased from George Tuttle by the Brooklyn Museum.

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CAPTION Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Evening Snow on the Asuka Mountain (Asukayama no Bosetsu), ca. 1838. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 1/2 in. (23.4 x 36.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.577 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 39.577_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 39.577_IMLS_SL2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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