Advanced Search 
「江戸近郊八景 吾妻杜夜雨」
Night Rain at Azuma Wood (Azuma-no-mori yau), from the series Eight Views in the Environs of Edo (Edo kinkô hakkei no uchi)
「江戸近郊八景 吾妻杜夜雨」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 22.7 x 35.5 cm (8 15/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number11.1916
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #180; Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #65; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #52.1, pl. 575; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #6.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.911, 11.1916, 21.5236 (first edition)
The first edition of this series was privately commissioned for the poetry club headed by Taihaidô Nomimasu. This is the second edition, with slightly more worn blocks and fewer poems included in each design.
Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
The first edition of this series was privately commissioned for the poetry club headed by Taihaidô Nomimasu. This is the second edition, with slightly more worn blocks and fewer poems included in each design.
Poem translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
InscriptionsPoem by Suichôdô: Yanagishima/ yanagi no mino o/ karitemashi/ Azuma no mori no/ yowa no harusame
ProvenanceOctober 16, 1911, gift of Denman Waldo Ross