Sheltering from Sudden Shower (amayadori) Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)

1847–52

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print; triptych

Dimensions

14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 3/16 in. (37.1 × 25.9 cm)
sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 3/16 in. (37.5 × 25.9 cm)
sheet: 14 11/16 × 10 3/16 in. (37.3 × 25.9 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1969.31.12a-c

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Marks

Artist's seal under signature; censor's seal: Nanushi, Yoshimura; Publisher's seal: Kogaya Katsugoro

Inscriptions

Right bears inscription in cartouche, "Hanmoto no konomi (ni) makase Hokuso'o ga kozu no amayadori ni narote" [Responding to what the publisher desires, in the style of an old theme "Sheltering from Sudden Shower" by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724, whose pseudonym was Hokuso'o)"

Signed

R: Middle right; C: lower right; L: lower right. Left and center prints signed Oju Toyokuni ga; right print signed Kochoro Toyokuni ga. "Oju" in this case is not a part of Toyokuni's name, but it means "responding to the request". Toyokuni IV = Kunisada II. All three prints have a set of four seals: 2 censor seals of "Muramatsu" and "Yoshimura", a red circle, and a publisher's seal. Need further investigation of the publisher.

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