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

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

1857
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.318
Location: not on view

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.
  • Wakai
    Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 243)
    R. E. Lewis
  • Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); July 13 - November 17, 2004.
    A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
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