Sudden Shower Over Ōhashi Bridge and Atake, from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi, Japanese, active mid-19th century
Period: Edo period, 1615–1868
Date: 1857
Material: Color woodblock print
made in: Japan, Asia
Classification: Prints
Collection: Asian Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (33.6 x 21.6 cm)
sheet: 14 7/16 x 9 9/16 in. (36.6 x 24.3 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 167:1955

NOTES

Hiroshige is best known for his series of prints illustrating the seasonal changes of Japan’s landscape. Here he shows people crossing the Ohashi Bridge, trying to protect themselves from a sudden rain shower. A lone boatman punts a raft down the river, and the rain nearly obliterates the shoreline beyond.

Vincent van Gogh owned over 40 prints by Hiroshige, including this one, which he copied as the oil painting Japonaiserie: Bridge in Rain.

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