Shower on Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi no hakuu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Shower on Nihonbashi Bridge (Nihonbashi no hakuu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)

「東都名所　日本橋之白雨」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1832–38 (Tenpô 3–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 26 x 39.8 cm (10 1/4 x 15 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2247

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #109; Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #51.25, pl. 499; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #66.18; Tanba 1965, #26; Matsuki 1939, #11

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.745 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2057 (deaccessioned in 2019), *11.2247 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.26204, *11.39272 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.39274, 20.64, 21.9875, 21.9876, 34.288

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極