雪月花 隅田|Snow on the Sumida River (Sumida), from the series, Snow, Moon, and Flowers (Setsugekka)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1833 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art
Hokusai's snowy landscape at Mukōjima along the Sumida River is similar to his pupil Katsushika Isai's fan painting, seen on the right. At the lower right of Hokusai's print is a small shrine, the Umewaka Jinja, dedicated to a little boy who was kidnapped and died there in ancient times.
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Date
- ca. 1833
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
