S - Sudden Showers
Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge, by Hiroshige Atake. My print is either a late Edo-period (1857-1868) or early Meiji impression (late1860s-1870s), both considered "original period" impressions printed from the original blocks, using the same pigments and techniques as the first edition (1857). There would be a seal to date it more accurately, but it's currently matted and framed. How it came to be in my family is a sad story. My father bought this, and a few other Japanese prints, from Japanese neighbors who was selling their belongings prior to going into WWII internment camps in California. He paid 50¢ each.
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I feel like I've seen this one somewhere. The artist really captured that hunched posture people do when they have to move through rain. @samanthabwriter from
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You probably have seen it, it's one of the artist's most famous and reproduced works.
DeleteI feel drenched just from looking at the print! It is a great rendition of a rain shower.
ReplyDeleteOh, that is a sad story. But what a beautiful tribute and an evocative piece.
ReplyDelete...this is iconic.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sad origin story of your father obtaining this print. I can think of the downpour as the tears of the owners being forced into those camps. I could literally feel the rain, believe it or not.
ReplyDeleteThat's nice.
ReplyDeleteGreat image. Sad story as to how you got it.
ReplyDeleteGood that your father gave it a good home where it is still treasured after many years.
ReplyDeleteI would spend a lot of time looking at that picture. It captures rain so well.
ReplyDeletethat is a sad way to acquire a piece of art as pretty as the image is.
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