Oiso: Tiger Rain

Artist/Culture Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Publisher Sanoya Kihei 佐野屋喜兵衛 (Kikakudō 喜鶴堂) (Japanese)

Date1834

Mediumwoodblock print

Dimensions22.9 x 35.6 cm (9 x 14 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

Terms

Japanese Print

Object number1901.1045

Label TextOiso:Tora's Rain (Tora ga 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 1901.1045 A site famous in literature and legend, iso in The Tale of the Soga Brothers is the place the beautiful courtesan Toragozen lived. She shed copious tears at parting with her lover, who was one of the brothers. On the day the brothers succeeded in avenging their father's death, Toragozen's tears changed to rain.

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