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.
Provenance
Carl William Schraubstadter [1862-1947], New York, NY (?-1921); (American Art Association, February 11, 1921 sale, lot 664) (February 11, 1921); (Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1921); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1921-)
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
1857
Accession Number
1921.318
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
35.3 x 23.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Classification
Credit Line
Gift from J. H. Wade
