| schema:description 9 | "culture: Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)" |
| schema:description | "measurements: Sheet: 21.6 x 34.4 cm (8 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)" |
| schema:description | "id: 121618" |
| schema:description | "tombstone: Night Rain at the Azuma Shrine (from the series Eight Views of the Environs of Edo), mid-1830s. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 21.6 x 34.4 cm (8 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson 1942.145...(more)" |
| schema:description | "wall_description: Here Hiroshige reinterprets the traditional Chinese poetic and artistic theme of <em>Eight Views of Xiaoxiang</em>, a scenic region in southeast China<em>.</em> Inspired by “rain at night on the Xiaoxiang,” Hiroshige instead places travelers near Azuma Jinja Shrine in an Edo (present-day Tokyo) suburb.<br><br>Synthetic blue pigment, imported from the West and wildly popular in the early 1800s, adds vibrancy to the muted landscape. Thin, ruler-straight diagonal lines of white ink evoke the driving rain....(more)" |
| schema:description | "creditline: Gift of Mrs. Henry S. Upson" |
| schema:description | "technique: color woodblock print" |
| schema:description | "collection: Japanese Art" |
| schema:description | "type: Print" |
