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Night Rain at Azuma-no-mori (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」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1837–38 (Tenpô 8–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.9 x 34.2 cm (8 5/8 x 13 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5236
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #180; Forrer, Hiroshige (1997), #65; Sakai 1996, list #52.1, pl. 575; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #06.1
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. The poets, right to left are Kanninsha Nijimori, Suichôdô, Shôbaitei Akiudo. The poem by Suichôdô is translated in Forrer, Hiroshige (1997).
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoems by Kanninsha Nijimori, Suichôdô, Shôbaitei Akiudo
Poem by Suichôdô: Yanagishima/ yanagi no mino o/ karitemashi/ Azuma no mori no/ yowa no harusame
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.