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Utagawa Hiroshige — Evening Snow on Mount Asuka (Asukayama no bosetsu) | Edo period, 19th century
Utagawa Hiroshige

Evening Snow on Mount Asuka (Asukayama no bosetsu) | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Hiroshige's 'Evening Snow on Mount Asuka' (Asukayama no bosetsu) is a 19th-century ukiyo-e woodblock print from the Edo period. The work exemplifies the artist's masterful depiction of seasonal atmospheric effects and landscape scenery in Japanese art.

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Auction House · Sotheby's

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Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

July 14, 2022

Estimate: $4,000 – $5,000

Lot 29

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Evening Snow on Mount Asuka (Asukayama no bosetsu) | Edo period, 19th century

Utagawa Hiroshige's 'Evening Snow on Mount Asuka' (Asukayama no bosetsu) is a 19th-century ukiyo-e woodblock print from the Edo period. The work exemplifies the artist's masterful depiction of seasonal atmospheric effects and landscape scenery in Japanese art.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Blue, Serene, Japanese, Landscape, Snow, Edo Period, Woodblock Print

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago