| Title |
Block printing: Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido [013] Station 8, Oiso: Rain on May 28 (003) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Hiroshige Tokkaido, 7 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973 |
| Subject |
San Diego Museum of Art--Photographs; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego--Photographs; Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Rain and rainfall--Art--Photographs; Horses--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Travelers--Art--Photographs; Roads--Art--Photographs; Tōkaidō--Art--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Rain and rainfall |
| Keywords |
Aiban; Tokaido; Oban |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Diego (Calif.) |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Oiso: Rain on May 28", also known as "Ôiso: Tora's Rain" (Ôiso, Tora ga ame), (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary) 9 15/32 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.6 cm); Print number 9 in series of 55 prints (view of travelers walking in rain); Series starts with point of departure (Edo) and ends with final destination (Kyoto) and includes 53 stations along route |
| Caption on Slide |
"Oiso: Rain on May 28", (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). This is print number 9 in series of 55 prints. (Known in Japanese poetry and legend as a tragic setting, Oiso is depicted during rainstorm.) SDFAG 57:227 |
| Additional Information |
Image scanned from color slide. Hiroshige's specialty was landscapes. Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) was inspired by his journey along the length of the route in 1832. Note: "Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重, 1797 - October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重) (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige (一幽斎廣重). … Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-1858) greatly influenced French Impressionists such as Monet."--Wikipedia. Note: "Famous in poetry and legend, Oiso figures also in the Soga Monogatari (The Tale of the Two Soga Brothers)...Even today, it is said that rain always falls on the twenty-eighth day of the fifth month."--Hiroshige: The 53 Stations of the Tokaido, by Muneshige Narazaki, English adaptation by Gordon Sager, page 36. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: "Aiban: a print size [approximately] 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: "In 1978, Trustees changed the name of the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego to The San Diego Museum of Art."--San Diego Museum of Art website. Note: Original caption provided as: "Hiroshige station No. 9 Oiso (53 Stations of Tokkaido) (1797-1858) SDFAG 57:227 Harnsworth/Burnett" |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| Textual Date |
1947-2004 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ff486j |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
330701 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff486j |
