Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)

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Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内),

ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Published by Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
1997-550
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More Context

<p><strong><em>Shōno 庄野</em></strong> </p> <p>(Post Station # 45: Scene #46/ Scroll 7, scene 5)</p> <p><em>(present day: Suzuka in Mie prefecture)</em></p> <p>Andō Hiroshige</p> <p>Shōno was one of the smallest stations on the Tōkaidō Road. It was more like an agricultural village in which some resident farmers would offer limited accommodations to travelers. Here we see that Kashū has focused his composition on the road itself, and the drama created by the towering pines on either side. There is farmland planted with rows of crops in the foreground to the right, but Shōno itself is hidden in the background. We see only rooftops beneath the mountains looming in the distance. </p>

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Exhibition: Picturing Place in Japan

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Title
Shōno: Driving Rain (Shōno, hakuu 庄野 白雨), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)
Dates

ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Published by Takenouchi Magohachi 竹内孫八
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 22.5 x 35 cm. (8 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 24 x 36.4 cm. (9 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.) mat: 36.2 x 48.9 cm. (14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the collection of Anne van Biema
Object Number
1997-550
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: “Hiroshige ga” 廣重畫 Artist seal: Haku-u (driving rain)
Inscription
Top left of the print: “Shōno, one of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō” followed by a red gourd-shaped seal that contains the print’s appropriate sub-title, “Sudden shower" On umbrella: The umbrella bears the name of the series’ publisher, Takenouchi, and part of the title, ‘fifty-three stations.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Publisher's seal: “Hōeido ban” 保永堂版 (ca. 1832–34)
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban, prints
Materials
paper, oban, ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
rain, stations, figures (representations), travelers, roads, travel, men

–1997 Anne van Biema collection (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1997.

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