Tsuchiyama: A Spring Shower
Artist/Culture
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.1092
Label TextTsuchiyama: Spring Rain (Haru no ame)
from 53 Stations on the T kaid
And Hiroshige 1797-1858
Multicolor woodblock print, ban
Artist signature: Hiroshige ga
Censor's seal: kiwame
Publisher: Takemago, Tsuruki
John Chandler Bancroft Collection 1901.1092
According to a song of the time "The Sun may be shining on the foothills, but Mount Suzuki is cloudy while Tsuchiyama is drenched with rain." The song implies being caught in a heavy downpour is to be expected at Tsuchiyama. The travelers have covered just under five miles in their trek from Sakonoshita and across the Suzaka Mountain Pass to Tsuchiyama.On View
Not on view
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
Hare year, 1855, 7th month (August 13)
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1857, 9th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
2nd month ox year, 1853
