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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Tsuchiyama: Spring Rain (Tsuchiyama, haru no ame), Edo period, 19th century

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May 28, 01:12 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Tsuchiyama: Spring Rain (Tsuchiyama, haru no ame)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), signed Hiroshige ga, censor's kiwame, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833–34 

Horizontal oban:

24.3 x 37.4 cm. 

Along the route of the Tokaido, connecting the new capital of Edo to the old capital of Kyoto, a daimyo procession crosses a rushing stream in heavy downpour. 


For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.820, go to:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-820


For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.17403, go to: 

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/209691/tsuchiyama-spring-rain-tsuchiyama-haru-no-ame-from-the?ctx=5695f5cf-7165-475a-84ef-9ef0a5eb9341&idx=3

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