Traveler in Snow

Woodblock Prints Title: Traveler in Snow, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

Publication: 1833

Size: Vertical Nagaban; 49.7 x 22.5 cm (19 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô)

Signature: Zen Saki no Hokusai Litsu Hitsu

Original: 1st State 2 Originals from different sources.

Estimated Value: Ref # MCJV1

2nd State State

2 Originals from different sources :

The 2nd state has the title on the right side of the print, and 2 layers of bokashi in the sky (Color shade fading from one to another), from dark blue to grey, then to sky blue.

Estimated Value: Ref # MCJV1a