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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; 24.8 x 37.3 cm (9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9875
NOT ON VIEW
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
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.