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RISDM 20-1280.tif

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Night rain at Karasaki (Karasaki Yau), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

Title

Night rain at Karasaki (Karasaki Yau)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Plate: 22.9 x 35.2 cm (9 x 13 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom right corner:8554[text and poems]Poem: Yo ni ame ni (translates to)In an evening shower otoo yuzurite (translates to) the sound of the pine at Karasaki yukaze o (translates to)in night wind yoso ni sadateru/karasaki no matsu (translates to) is hushedNormally the pine makes a sound in the wind and the phrase "wind in the pines" is an ubiquitous allusion to autumn, melancholy and poignancy. Here the great pine at Karasaki seems to stand still despite the breeze as the sound of the rain overwhelms the wind through the pine.

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eikyudo; censor's seal | kiwame

Identification

Edition

Edition: This is the more common version in black; a version printed in blue is presumed an earlier edition with limited release.

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1280

About

Night rain at Karasaki (Karasaki Yau)
from the series Eight views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)

Edition: This is the more common version in black; a version printed in blue is presumed an earlier edition with limited release.

Inscription verso, bottom right corner:8554[text and poems]Poem: Yo ni ame ni (translates to)In an evening shower otoo yuzurite (translates to) the sound of the pine at Karasaki yukaze o (translates to)in night wind yoso ni sadateru/karasaki no matsu (translates to) is hushedNormally the pine makes a sound in the wind and the phrase "wind in the pines" is an ubiquitous allusion to autumn, melancholy and poignancy. Here the great pine at Karasaki seems to stand still despite the breeze as the sound of the rain overwhelms the wind through the pine.

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eikyudo; censor's seal | kiwame

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Meisho

June 16 - October 10, 1995

Meisho-e

October 2, 1987 - January 24, 1988

Use

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