| schema:description 10 | "tombstone: Evening Snow at Kambara (number sixteen of the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido), 1833. Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 22.6 x 35.5 cm (8 7/8 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.317...(more)" |
| schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
| schema:description | "type: Print" |
| schema:description | "inscription: Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Takenouchi)
Censorship Seal: kiwame" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Sheet: 22.6 x 35.5 cm (8 7/8 x 14 in.)" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: The coastal town of Kambara rarely experiences snowfall. Illustrating falling snow is particularly suited to woodblock prints. The snowflakes are created by carving their shapes out of the woodblock. When the surface of the block is inked and printed, the carved areas are represented by the unprinted white paper. This print may be the first by Hiroshige to depict falling snow....(more)" |
| schema:description | "id: 152495" |
| schema:description | "culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)" |
| schema:description | "creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith" |
| schema:description | "technique: color woodblock print" |
