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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Lightning and rain, Kameyama (Kameyama fuu raimei)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Lightning and rain, Kameyama (Kameyama fuu raimei)
From the series Pictures of Famous Places of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
Tokaido gojusan tsugi meisho zue

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1855

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Plate: 34.3 x 22.5 cm (13 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

46.293.3

Type

  • Prints

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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Lightning and rain, Kameyama (Kameyama fuu raimei); From the series Pictures of Famous Places of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido; Tokaido gojusan tsugi meisho zue, 1855
Polychrome wood block print
Plate: 34.3 x 22.5 cm (13 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 46.293.3

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