HOUSE ON SNOW COVERED ISLAND, FROM "SNOWY MOON" SERIES
Artist
ANDO UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
(1797 - 1858)
DateNo date
CountryJapan
MediumWoodblock print
Dimensions22.9 × 35.6 cm (9 × 14") (Image)
41.3 × 51.4 cm (16 1/4 × 20 1/4") (Mat)
41.3 × 51.4 cm (16 1/4 × 20 1/4") (Mat)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, purchase/gift of Mahonri M. Young Estate.
Terms
Object number830652066
DescriptionThis image is a landscape with a single story house-like structure built on stilts on a small island near the center of the work. The house resembles traditional Japanese architecture and is surrounded by large trees and blue water. A figure is seen moving away from the viewer toward a house in the mid-ground of the work along a bridge. The figure wears a light blue robe and a Japanese style hat. In background, along the horizon line small trees are visible. Japanese script located in the upper right corner of the work.On View
On view
ANDO UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
1841-1844
ANDO UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
c.1853
ANDO UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
1857
ANDO UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE
1853
