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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Sudden Rain (Shuu) [Near a Bridge], circa 1936
Woodblock print
Artist's seal: 'Hiroaki'
Titled as above above the seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1936
'Made in Japan" stamped on the reverse
Artist's seal: 'Hiroaki'
Titled as above above the seal
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Date: circa 1936
'Made in Japan" stamped on the reverse
Vertical o-tanzaku:
38.1 x 17.2 cm. (15 x 6 ¾ in.)
38.1 x 17.2 cm. (15 x 6 ¾ in.)
Good impression and colour, very slight toning, pinhole to bottom left corner, the reverse with marks to left edge.
£ 800.00
Figures caught by a sudden heavy downpour of rain scatter in all directions; some struggle to open parasols against the strong wind. A little light from the glow of a...
Figures caught by a sudden heavy downpour of rain scatter in all directions; some struggle to open parasols against the strong wind. A little light from the glow of a streetlamp barely illuminates the scene. This print is reminiscent of Utagawa Hiroshige's iconic print issued some seventy years earlier 'Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake' (Ohashi Atake no yudachi).
For another impression of the same print in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. RES.51.132, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/321515
For another impression of the same print in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. RES.51.132, go to: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/321515