Sudden Shower on Ohashi Bridge at Atake From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige, (Born Ando Tokutaro, Japan, 1797-1858)

This colourful woodblock print is really something! This artwork is almost a history lesson into the lives of the Japanese people of Tokyo over 150 years ago. The wood cut print shows a small part of the wooden Shin-Ōhashi (New Great) bridge over the Sumida River, while a boatman punts his log raft towards the Fukagawa timber yards. Two women and four or five men are shown crossing the bridge sheltering under hats, umbrellas or straw capes from a sudden shower of rain. I am transfixed by the women's shoes and clothing, but am wondering why the men have no pants on!

Utagawa Hiroshige was a highly regarded artist in his time and if you search him up he is listed in the top twenty Japanese artists today.

Medium: Wood Cut Print, Ukiyo-e Genre, C1870-1900, No 52 from the series One Hundred Famous Views Of Edo

Size: 36 x 23.5 cm (image); 56 x 42 cm (frame)

Condition: excellent, framed with UV glass and archival materials.

Item number: 100154