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Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi
Hiroshigec. 1835
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The Kawasaki Pine was a famous site on the shores of Lake Biwa. Its branches, supported by bamboo trellises, shelter a shrine beneath. The rain is represented by fine, printed vertical lines.
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- Title: Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi
- Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
- Date Created: c. 1835
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 22.8 x 35.3 cm (9 x 13 7/8 in.); with margins: 24.4 x 36.8 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: R. E. Lewis, Inc.
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.312
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Inscriptions: Signature: Hiroshige ga Publisher: Yamamoto Heikichi (Eikyudo) Censorship Seal: kiwame
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1985.312
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