View of Tatsu-no-kuchi in Bizen Province

Artist Ando Hiroshige II (Japanese, 1826 - 1869)

Publisher Uoei

Place of OriginJapan

Date1858-1861

PeriodEdo period (1615-1868)

CultureJapanese

MaterialsInk and colors on paper

DimensionsH. 14 in x W. 9 1/2 in, H. 36 cm x W. 24.1 cm

Credit LineGift of Japanese Prints from the Collection of Emmeline Johnson. Donated by Oliver and Elizabeth Johnson.

Object number1994.40

DepartmentJapanese Art

ClassificationsPrints And Drawings

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Not on view

MarkingsHiroshige ga

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Hiroshige II, first known as Shigenobu, was one of the most talented students of Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858). In 1859, Shigenobu married his teacher's daughter and assumed the name Hiroshige II. For unknown reasons, his marriage was dissolved in 1865. He then lived in Yokohama and once again used the name Shigenobu.

Hiroshige II was obviously inspired by his teacher's popular series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces. To depict the driving rain, Hiroshige II, like his teacher, covers the entire scene with sweeping diagonal lines. (See Hiroshige's The Yamabushi Gorge in Mimasaka Province to your left.)

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