Night Rain at Karasaki, from the series Eight Views of Ōmi (Ōmi hakkei no uchi)

Title

Creator

Utagawa Hiroshige (link to bio)

Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo), Artist

Worktype

Relief print

Prints

Cultural Context

Japanese; Shinto

Japan

Material

Dimensions

Technique

Woodblock printing

Language

Japanese

Date

Creation: 19th century

ca. 1835

Provenance

Style Period

Ukiyo-e

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Public Domain

Inscription

Signature: (upper right) Hiroshige ga;
Translation: (upper left, in white rectangle) Elsewhere will they talk of the music of the evening breeze that has made the pine of Karasaki famed; for the voice of the wind is not heard through the sound of the rain in the night.;
Mark: (red seal on right) Eisendo, (upper left, in red rectangle) Ōmi hakkei no uchi, translation by Jessica Gengler

Location

Creation: Japan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: Night, Water, Lake, Shrine, Torii, Gate, Building, Landscape, Poetry, Storm;
Geographic Place: Lake Biwa, Karasaki Shrine

Houses; Trees; Rain; Boats

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Jessica Gengler