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Sudden Shower over Shin-Ôhashi Bridge and Atake (Ôhashi Atake no yûdachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)


「名所江戸百景 大はしあたけの夕立」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 x 24 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9466
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.27, pls. 171, 172; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #158; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.022
DescriptionNo. 058 (summer section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 11.36945, 11.45664, 21.9465, 21.9466, 34.292, 46.1399, 53.494
夏の部。大橋は、幕府が元禄6(1693)年に浜町(はまちょう)矢の倉より深川籾倉(もみぐら)へ架けた橋で、今の新大橋にあたる。安宅(あたけ)は対岸の地名で御船蔵(おふなぐら)に祀られる巨船「安宅丸」に由来。「亀戸梅屋舗」同様、ゴッホが模写したことでも有名。 -- 藤澤紫K
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳九
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJuly 1912, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.