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Ōiso Tora ga ame (Ōiso, Tora's Rain) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)


Utagawa Hiroshige, Ōiso Tora ga ame (Ōiso, Tora's Rain) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō), 1833/1834, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.480

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Title

Ōiso Tora ga ame (Ōiso, Tora's Rain) from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō)

Related Titles

edition title: Hōeidō ban Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō published by Hōeidō)

original language: 大磯 虎ケ雨

series (original language): 東海道五拾三次之内

series (translated): Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō

series (transliterated): Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi

translated: Ōiso, Tora's rain

transliterated: Ōiso Tora ga ame

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Related People

publisher: Takenouchi Magohachi (Japanese, 1780-1854)

Date

1833/1834

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 9 1/16 in x 13 15/16 in; sheet: 10 1/16 in x 15 in

Inscriptions & Markings

title: 大磯 // 虎ケ雨, printed in black ink and red intaglio within gourd-shaped cartouche, top left Transliteration (Translation): Ōiso // Tora ga ame (Ōiso, Tora's rain) Language: Japanese

series title: 東海道五拾三次之内, printed in black ink, top middle Transliteration (Translation): Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi (Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō) Language: Japanese

censor's mark: 極, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, left margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approval) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: 竹内版, printed in red relief within rectangular cartouche, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Takenouchi han (published [by] Takenouchi) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八, firm Hōeidō 保永堂 active c. 1832-40.

signature: 廣重画, printed in black ink, upper left Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshige ga (picture [by] Hiroshige) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.480

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

oban

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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