Night Rain at Makurabashi (Makurabashi yau), from the series Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Night Rain at Makurabashi (Makurabashi yau), from the series Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei)

Night Rain at Makurabashi (Makurabashi yau), from the series Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei)

「隅田川八景　枕はし夜雨」

Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.5 x 24.4 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10164

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2281, 11.16789, 21.10164

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 11 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十一改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.