Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi
1857 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper · Impressions in many collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum
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About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1857
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- approx. 37 × 25 cm (ōban)
- Collection
- Impressions in many collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Pedestrians hurry across the wooden Shin-Ōhashi bridge over the Sumida River as a downpour slants across the scene, the far bank of Atake reduced to a grey silhouette. Hiroshige published it in 1857 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, the great series of vertical prints he made in the last years of his life. The rain is cut into the block as fine parallel lines in two directions, and the dark cloud at the top is printed with a graded bokashi wipe. Van Gogh copied this print in oils in 1887, and it became one of the most influential Japanese images in Europe. The series was issued by the publisher Sakanaya Eikichi; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Grey rain and a dark graded sky make this a cool, quiet print for a hallway, bathroom or home office, not a sunny living room. Natural wood, white wall, 16×24; it sits well in a run of three Edo views at matching size.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1857)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- bathroom, hallway or entryway, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
