Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Utagawa Hiroshige

Published two years after the great earthquake and fire of 1855, this print design illustrates the newly rebuilt Great Bridge over the Sumida River in Edo (now Tokyo). The design shows Utagawa Hiroshige’s skill in capturing atmospheric conditions. People try to protect themselves from sudden sheets of rain as they cross the bridge in opposite directions. The Atake neighborhood is seen in the distance.

Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).

Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection

The Art of Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 17, 1959-January 2, 1960).

The Art of Printmaking

Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 3-October 19, 1980).

Japanese Woodblock Prints: Themes and Techniques

Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).

Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages

Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

Visions of Landscape: East and West

Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).

Transformations in Japanese Printmaking

The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 9-October 16, 1988).

The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print

Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).

Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections

Highlights of Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 2025-June 14, 2026).

Highlights of Japanese Art

Vertically long print depicting people darting over a bridge cutting diagonally over the lower half, streaks of rain pelting down over the composition. The people have light skin tones. Two hold black umbrellas, another wears a circular hat, another three squeeze under one umbrella, and the last tosses a cloth over their head. In the background, a person paddles a narrow boat over the water, the silhouette of a tree-filled horizon running behind.

A vertically oriented print depicts people darting across a wood bridge that spans a river and cuts diagonally from the lower left, thin black streaks indicating rain covering the composition. The people have light skin tones. Two hold black umbrellas, one wears a circular hat, another three squeeze under one umbrella, and the last tosses a cloth over their own head. In the background, a person paddles a narrow boat, the silhouette of a tree-filled shoreline running behind.

Carl William Schraubstadter [1862–1947], New York, NY

(American Art Association, February 11, 1921 sale, lot 664)

(Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重

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