© Fitzwilliam Museum
Mountains and Rivers of Kiso (Snow)
Artist: Ando Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1857
Materials: coloured woodblock
Dimensions: Each: 36.6 x 24cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £6,146 (Total: £24,585)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3764 (1992)
Provenance:
Hans Popper Collection
Description:
The scale and monumentality of the sweeping compositions in this work, places it closer to painting than to the popular ukiyo-e print. Many experts believe that these triptychs surpass Hokusai's earliest landscapes and hail them as the most important Japanese landscape prints.
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