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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) One of Hiroshige's most well-known prints shows pedestrians
Ohashi bridge, sudden shower at Atake crossing the Ohashi Bridge are taken by surprise by a sudden
downpour of rain. On the shoreline to the far left, almost
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred completely obscured by the rain are the Atake and Honjo districts,
views of famous places in Edo), signed Hiroshige ga, published by
with the roofs of the sheds housing the shogun's boats just visible.
Uoya Eikichi,1857
Only thirty years after its publication, an impression of this print
Vertical oban: 14 x 9¿ in. (35.7 x 23.1 cm.)
made its way into the collection of Vincent van Gogh, inspiring
$10,000-20,000 him to paint his 1887 oil and canvas version Bridge in the Rain
(after Hiroshige), 1887, which is now in the van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam, immortalizing the print into the Western cannon of
art forever. For another impression in the Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, accession number 34.292, go to: https://www.mfa.org/
collections/search