Driving Rain at Shōno, from the series Fifty-three Stations of Tōkaidō Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

ca. 1833–34

Asian Art

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Medium

Ukiyo-e: Polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1969.31.39

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • George J. Lee, Edo Culture in Japanese prints, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1972), 46, no. 2
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Haku-u 白雨 (gourd shape, intaglio, upper left after the title)\r\nPublisher’s seal mark: Hōei-dō ban 保永堂版 (square, intaglio, lower left after the signature)\r\n

Inscriptions

Tōkaidō Gojū-san Tsugi no Uchi: Shōno, Haku-u 東海道五捨三次之内　庄野 (upper left)\r\nTakenouchi gojū-san tsugi 竹のうち　五十三次 (lower right on the umbrella)\r\nCensor’s seal mark: Kiwame 極 (round, relief, lower left margin)\r\n\r\n

Signed

“Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (lower left)

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