Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Surprised by a sudden shower of rain, the visitors of a shrine on the banks of the Sumida River are rushing under their umbrellas.
Title: Sumidagawa tsutsumi haku-u no zu (A shower of rain of the Sumida river embankment)
Series: Shinsen Edo meisho (A new selection of famous places in Edo)
Signature: Ichiryûsai Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô), Edo
Date: around 1840
Size: Horizontal Oban, 23,4 x 35 cm (image size)
Very good impression and colours. Some small holes restored, some retouching. Upper corners with small remnants of prior hinging. A very weak, invisible vertical fold. Overall very good condition. A seldom seen rain scene by Hiroshige.
Cf. MFA Boston, Spaulding Collection No. 21.9966; Honolulu Museum of Art, No. 25283. Chazen Museum of Art, Van Vleck Coll. No. 1980.1713
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