Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu) 

From the series "Eight Views of Omi' (Omi hakkei no uchi) 

Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) 

Signature: Hiroshige ga 

Publishers: Yamatoya Heisuke, Eikyudo and Takenouchi Magohachi, Hoeido 

Censor seal: kiwame 

Oban, woodblock colour print 

Ca. 1835 

22.9 x 35.4 cm

Evening Snow on Mt. Hira (Hira no bosetsu)
From the series "Eight Views of Omi' (Omi hakkei no uchi)
Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publishers: Yamatoya Heisuke, Eikyudo and Takenouchi Magohachi, Hoeido
Censor seal: kiwame
Oban, woodblock colour print
Ca. 1835
22.9 x 35.4 cm

Serial: P-U 1010

Artist name: Ando Hiroshige

Category: Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints

The series is based on the Chinese "Eight views of the Hsiao-Hsiang Rivers" (in Hunan)

yuki haruru
Hira no takane no
yufu-gure ha
hana no sakari ni
suguru koro kana

The snow has stopped;
towards eventide
the peak of Mount Hira
is lovelier
than the cherry blossom