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Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Hiroshige1857
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)
- Date Created: 1857
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Wakai, Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 243), R. E. Lewis
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.318
- Medium: Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Inscriptions: Signature: Hiroshige Hitsu Artist Seal: Hiro Publisher: Tsujiyasu (Tsujian) Censorship Seal: Mera, Watanabe
- 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: 1985.318
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