Night Rain (Yau), from the series Fashionable Eight Views (Fûryû hakkei)

「風流八景　夜雨」

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792–94 (Kansei 4–6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.6 x 24.3 cm (14 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach in memory of Charles Hovey Pepper

Accession Number54.1527

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), pl. 6 (this impression)

DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 21.7471-2 (complete diptych), 54.1527 (right sheet only)

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1954, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)