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Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi

c. 1835

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

Image: 22.8 x 35.3 cm (9 x 13 7/8 in.); with margins: 24.4 x 36.8 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.312

Location

not on view

Description

The Kawasaki Pine was a famous site on the shores of Lake Biwa. Its branches, supported by bamboo trellises, shelter a shrine beneath. The rain is represented by fine, printed vertical lines.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Yamamoto Heikichi (Eikyudo) Censorship Seal: kiwame

Provenance
R. E. Lewis, Inc.
Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.312