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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.149
People
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeidō) 竹内孫八 (保永堂)
Title
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno hakuu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tōkaidō or Great Tōkaidō
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 東海道五十三次之内 庄野 白雨
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1833-36
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200086

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ōban: H. 25.2 x W. 36.6 cm (9 15/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: Hiroshige ga 広重画 - Artist signature, printed
  • seal: kiwame 極 - Censor's seal, left margin (half cut off of this impression)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of C. Adrian Rübel
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.149
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
No. 46 in the series.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/12/2016 - 08/11/2016

Verification Level

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