Night Rain at Akasaka Kiribatake (Akasaka Kiribatake uchū yūkei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige II 二代目歌川広重
(Japanese, 1829–1869)
Publisher
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
Date1859
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 3/4 × 10 1/8 in. (37.4 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1413
Status
Not on viewAs a pupil and adopted son of Utagawa Hiroshige, the artist assisted in some of the late work of his master. When his master died in 1858, he married his daughter and took his name. Although much of his work is hasty, Hiroshige II's work in prints emulates his master's.
Exhibition History
Masterpieces of Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 11, 1984 - January 27, 1985 )
Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 20, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
Highlights from the Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 15, 1988 - June 12, 1988 )
The Cultured Landscape in China and Japan
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 2007 - August 13, 2007 )
Collections
- Asian
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