id: 152496 accession number: 1985.318 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.318 updated: 2022-01-04 17:00:32.907000 Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper; overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.318 title: Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1857 creation date earliest: 1857 creation date latest: 1857 current location: creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 34.2 x 11.1 cm (13 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Hiroshige Hitsu Artist Seal: Hiro Publisher: Tsujiyasu (Tsujian) Censorship Seal: Mera, Watanabe translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00 A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection.
Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113); July 13 - November 17, 2004. --- PROVENANCE Wakai date: footnotes: citations: Louis W. Black (sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, March 4, 1976, lot 243) date: footnotes: citations: R. E. Lewis date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.318/1985.318_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.318/1985.318_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.318/1985.318_full.tif