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FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)

Utagawa Hiroshige

Artwork Details

FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: Tôto Meisho Series: White Rain on Nihon Bridge (Nihonbashi no shirazame)
circa 1920 - circa 1940
Utagawa Hiroshige
color woodblock print on paper
8 5/8 in x 13 3/8 in (21.91 cm x 33.97 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);10 3/8 in x 16 1/16 in (26.35 cm x 40.8 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1948/1.140

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Description

Subject Matter:

Rainy landscape.

Physical Description:

Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicate torrents of rain. Several travelers with umbrallas and straw hats are walking across the bridge over the river. A village alongside the river and mountains are shown in the background.

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