The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Night Rain at the Azuma Shrine (from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo)
mid-1830s
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Sheet: 21.6 x 34.4 cm (8 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson 1942.145
Location: not on view
Description
Here Hiroshige reinterprets the traditional Chinese poetic and artistic theme of Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, a scenic region in southeast China. Inspired by “rain at night on the Xiaoxiang,” Hiroshige instead places travelers near Azuma Jinja Shrine in an Edo (present-day Tokyo) suburb.Synthetic blue pigment, imported from the West and wildly popular in the early 1800s, adds vibrancy to the muted landscape. Thin, ruler-straight diagonal lines of white ink evoke the driving rain.
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 30, 2018-January 6, 2019).
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