Characters from Ôtsu-e Folk Paintings Taking Shelter from Rain – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Characters from Ôtsu-e Folk Paintings Taking Shelter from Rain

Characters from Ôtsu-e Folk Paintings Taking Shelter from Rain

大津画の雨宿り

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Uchiwa-e on horizontal aiban sheet; 22.1 x 29.8 cm (8 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6012

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Artist's seal: Ryûsai

ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin (lot 358); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.