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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)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Measurements
Overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.318
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Print

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.
A vertically oriented woodblock print depicts people scurrying across a timber bridge spanning a blue river diagonally from the lower left. Sharp, dark gray lines indicate a heavy rainstorm. The figures, with light skin tones, shield themselves with straw mats and umbrellas. Beyond, a figure poles a raft against a dark, tree-lined shore. Japanese calligraphy appears in rectangular boxes at the top right and bottom left corners.

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

1857

Utagawa Hiroshige

(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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