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

Tikotin Collection

P-U 1010

22.9 x 35.4 cm

 

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