Catalog record · 目録番号 24396
Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake
Catalog note / 解説
Ohashi, Atake no yudachi, ” Ohashi, Sudden Shower at Atake” from Edo hyakkei, “One Hundred Views of Edo.” A lovely example of this design which, apart from the Great Wave, is probably the best known Japanese print, and because of this, examples come onto the market often heavily revamped and/or restored and/or very late editions. It was copied by Van Gogh in oils, 1888 ( see Catalogue of the Van Gogh Museum’s collection of Japanese prints, no. 91, p. 99 ). Published Snake Year ( Ansei IV/9 ), October 1857 by Uoya Eikichi. Provenance: Sold by me in 1980. Not first edition but a careful early impression, with the pillars of the bridge overprinted with light yellow to contrast with the grey of…
Image record / 画像情報
KRUML · 1888 · kruml
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