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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Lot 250

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Shono, hakuu (Shono: driving rain)

Closed20 September 2022

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
Shono, hakuu (Shono: driving rain)
Woodblock print, from the series Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido), signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34
Horizontal oban: 9 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. (24.1 x 37.1 cm.)

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Travellers and two porters carrying a client in a kago (traveling chair) are forced to run through a sudden and heavy rainstorm near the town of Shono in Ise Province. The umbrella of the figure on the right has two inscriptions: Takenouchi, the publisher of the series, and Gojusan tsugi (Fifty-three stations), part of the title of the series.