Oiso Station, tora-ga-ame (Tora's Rain), Plate 9 from Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Eastern Road)

Accession Number
1974/1.102

Title
Oiso Station, tora-ga-ame (Tora's Rain), Plate 9 from Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi (Fifty-three Stations of the Eastern Road)

Artist(s)
Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist Nationality
Japanese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1855

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper, ôban yoko-e size

Dimensions
14 3/8 in x 9 1/2 in (36.51 cm x 24.13 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 in (56.2 cm x 45.72 cm);14 3/16 in x 9 1/2 in (36.04 cm x 24.13 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Mary L. Herbst

Subject matter
Landscape of Oiso.

Physical Description
A landscape of the bank by the river with mountains in the distance. There are trees, huts, and several tombstones in the foreground. Two figures are walking toward a hut.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
figures (illustrations)
hills
huts (houses)
landscapes (environments)
mountains
sailboats
ships
tombstones (sepulchral monuments)
trees
water (inorganic material)

2 Related Resources

Japan Pax Tokugawa 1600-1868
(Part of: Empires and Colonialism)
Landscape and Nature, Comparative and Historical
(Part of 3 Learning Collections)

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