An Eastern Genji in a Snowy Garden (5758874895), Utagawa Hiroshige

Accession number: 1981. 8 display artist: utagawa kunisada and utagawa hiroshige display title: an eastern genji in a snowy garden translation(s): "yuki no niwaazuma genji yuki no niwa " series title: "inaka genji (eastern genji, or country genji)" suite name: azuma genji creation date: 1854 medium: woodblock height: 14 3/16 in. Width: 29 1/8 in. Display dimensions: 14 3/16 in. X 29 1/8 in. (36. 04 cm x 73. 98 cm) publisher: moriya jihei credit line: bequest of admiral elliott m. Senn label copy: "two great artists of the utagawa school collaborated in the creation of this charming scene, where characters from inaka genji frolic in the snow and make a snow rabbit. This triptych would have been purchased at new years to celebrate the year of the rabbit. " label copy (spanish): "dos grandes artistas de la escuela de utagawa colaboraron en la creacin de esta escena encantadora, donde los personajes del inaka genji juegan en la nieve y hacen conejos de nieve. Este trptico estuvo a la venta durante el ao nuevo para celebrar el ao del conejo. " collection: the san diego museum of art.