Night Rain at the Azuma Shrine (from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo), mid-1830s. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 21.6 x 34.4 cm (8 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.). Here Hiroshige reinterprets the traditional Chinese poetic and artistic theme of Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, a scenic region in southeast China. Inspired by rain at night on the Xiaoxiang,” Hiroshige instead places travelers near Azuma Jinja Shrine in an Edo (present-day Tokyo) suburb.Synthetic blue pigment, imported from the West and wildly popular in the early 1800s, adds vibrancy to the muted landscape. Thin, ruler-straight diagonal lines of white ink evoke the driving rain.

Brand: PL Photography Limited
SKU: 6145-29087584
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Night Rain at the Azuma Shrine (from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo), mid-1830s. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 21.6 x 34.4 cm (8 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.). Here Hiroshige reinterprets the traditional Chinese poetic and artistic theme of Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, a scenic region in southeast China. Inspired by rain at night on the Xiaoxiang,” Hiroshige instead places travelers near Azuma Jinja Shrine in an Edo (present-day Tokyo) suburb.Synthetic blue pigment, imported from the West and wildly popular in the early 1800s, adds vibrancy to the muted landscape. Thin, ruler-straight diagonal lines of white ink evoke the driving rain.

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