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Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

(Japanese, 1797-1858)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.318

Location

not on view

Description

Running through Edo, the Ohashi Bridge was one of 300 bridges that crossed the Sumida River. Published about a year before Hiroshige’s death, this print design illustrates the artist’s mastery of capturing atmospheric conditions. Figures scurry across the bridge amid slanting sheets of rain.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Hiroshige Hitsu Artist Seal: Hiro Publisher: Tsujiyasu (Tsujian) Censorship Seal: Mera, Watanabe

Provenance
Wakai
Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 243)
R. E. Lewis
Exhibition history

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

Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); July 13 - November 17, 2004.

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/1985.318