Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

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

Utagawa Hiroshige

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

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith