Description
Running through Edo, the Ohashi Bridge was one of 300 bridges that crossed the Sumida River. Published about a year before Hiroshige’s death, this print design illustrates the artist’s mastery of capturing atmospheric conditions. Figures scurry across the bridge amid slanting sheets of rain.
Provenance
Wakai; Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 243); R. E. Lewis
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
1857
Accession Number
1985.318
Medium
Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith