After the 1857 print. The roiling black clouds burst into sheets of heavy rain, scattering the huddled shapes on the bridge below. On the blue-gray expanse of the Sumida River, a solitary boatman poles his log raft downstream past the area known as Atake, impervious to the storm. This is a y?dachi—an
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Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Hiroshige, Utagawa; after

about 1820–1850

Artwork Information

  • Title:

    Sudden Shower Over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

  • Artist:

    Hiroshige, Utagawa; after

  • Artist Bio:

    Japanese, 1797–1858

  • Date:

    about 1820–1850

  • Medium:

    Color woodblock print

  • Dimensions:

    13 1/4 x 8 9/16 inches

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, The Paul Jean Wall and Jean Wall Tinker Collection, Gift from Alice Jean Tinker and Steve Port

  • Object Number:

    2016.9.60

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display