Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shono: Driving Rain (Shono, hakuu)
A fine, early impression from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tokaido or Great Tokaido, woodblock print on paper, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Takenouchi Magohachi (Hoeido), circa 1833-34
Horizontal oban (24.7 x 37.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

For another impression in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number JP516, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36967

For another impression in The Edo-Tokyo Museum, number 25.1 *37.1 *, go to:
https://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01=1000200=2000220=0108100046

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