Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Japanese, 1826-1869
Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
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Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Japanese, 1826-18691859
Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka Kiribatake uchu yukei), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826-1869 →woodblock printprint
Date
1859
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
35.1 × 24.5 cm (13 13/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Chester W. Wright
After Utagawa Hiroshige died in 1858, this print was issued with the rest of the series in 1859. Many scholars believe that the blocks for one of the original views were lost, and that Hiroshige’s successor, Hiroshige II, created this design to replace it. The diagonal lines in the composition and the careful gradation of the mist and distant trees suggest that the young artist wanted to differentiate himself from Hiroshige.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Sketch for Autumn Moon at Ishiyama Temple (Ishiyama no shugetsu), from the series "Eight Views in Omi Province (Omi hakkei)"
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A Picture of Prosperity: America (Amerika shin no zu)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826-1869
Tsuten-kyo Bridge, Tofuku Temple, Kyoto (Kyoto Tofukuji Tsutenkyo bashi) from the series “One Hundred Famous Views in the Various Provinces (Shokoku meisho hyakkei)”
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) Japanese, 1826–1869
