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
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.On View
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 7th month
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853, 7th month in the year of the Ox
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
about 1840
