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Downpour at Ohashi Bridge, Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi), no. 52 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Downpour at Ohashi Bridge, Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi), no. 52 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Downpour at Ohashi Bridge, Atake (Ohashi Atake no yudachi), no. 52 from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Date
9/1857
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
339 x 220 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1632
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Schlombs, Adele. "Hiroshige: 1797-1858." Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2007. p. 6
  • "SchoolsMusuemsART (SMART) Project." Madison, WI: Madison Metropolitan School District, 2002.
  • Foxwell, Chelsea, and Anne Leonard, "Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints." Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2012. p. 116, no. 94
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Hiroshige ten: Seitan 200-shunen kinen (200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition)." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art; Japan: Bun You Associates, 1996. no. 149
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ando Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1982. p. 29, cat. no. 52
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 130

  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
  • Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Van Vleck Collection, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/21/2001–6/17/2001
  • 200th Anniversary Hiroshige Exhibition (Hiroshige ten: seiten 200-shunen kinen): Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/29/1996–12/8/1996
  • Hiroshige: 100 Famous Views of Edo: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/18/1982–5/23/1982
  • Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints : A Preview, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/12/1981–5/17/1981

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