Masters of the Woodblock: Fine Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Fine Japanese Prints
The Property of a Private Collector
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Tsuchiyama: Spring Rain (Tsuchiyama, haru no ame) | Edo period, 19th century
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The Property of a Private Collector
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Tsuchiyama: Spring Rain (Tsuchiyama, haru no ame)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), censor's kiwame (approved), published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833–34
Horizontal oban: 25.1 x 38.7 cm., 9⅞ x 15¼ in.
Along the route of the Tokaido [lit. Eastern Sea Route], connecting the new capital of Edo to the old capital of Kyoto, a daimyo procession crosses a rushing stream in a heavy downpour.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.820, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-820
For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.17403, go to: