Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu), Edo period, 19th century
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May 28, 01:11 PM GMT
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7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, censor's seal kiwame, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34
Horizontal oban:
33.8 x 36 cm.
Near the town of Shono in Ise province, a sudden downpour causes travellers along the road to scatter in haste to shelter. A man on the right carries an umbrella playfully inscribed with the publisher’s name Takenouchi, and a part of the series title, Fifty-three Stations (gojusan tsugi). Following in the footsteps of a man cloaked in straw, bearers of a small palanquin carry a passenger shielded from the heavy shower. The silhouette of a bamboo grove in the background can be seen curving leftwards under the pressure of wind and rain.