Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi, 名所江戸百景 大はしあたけの夕立, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake (Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), Edo period (1615–1868), 1857, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Oban 13 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (34 x 24.1 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)), The heavens open. The sudden shower, a favorite subject of Edo haiku poets and ukiyo-e artists, is often depicted with a crisscrossing pattern of fine lines of rain—a difficult woodblock technique. Here, the netlike pattern is superimposed over an intensely focused image of Ōhashi (the Great Bridge), which crosses the Sumida River
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Ōhashi Atake no yūdachi, 名所江戸百景 大はしあたけの夕立, Sudden Shower, Shin-Ōhashi Bridge, Atake, series, Hundred Famous Views, Edo, Meisho Edo hyakkei, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1857, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, Oban 13 3/8 x 9 1/2, 34 24.1 cm, Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, Tokyo, 1797–1858, heavens, open, sudden shower, favorite subject, haiku, poets, ukiyo-e artists, depicted, crisscrossing pattern, fine lines, rain— difficult, woodblock, technique, netlike superimposed, intensely focused, image, Ōhashi, Great, crosses, Sumida River
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