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Shono: Driving Rain, from The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, (1797–1858)

Creation date: ca. 1833

Creation place: Japan

Other Information

Type: Woodblock

Medium and Support: Woodblock print

Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Cora Timken Burnett

Accession Number: 1957.236

Dimensions: 8 7/8 in. x 13 3/4 in. (22.54 cm x 34.93 cm)

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Widely considered to be one of the masterpieces of Hiroshige’s large-scale Tokaido series, this print evocatively depicts travelers contending with a summer downpour in which the rain falls in sheets. The bending of the trees and the speed with which the villager, cloaked in a woven straw raincoat, tears down the slope to get out of the rain, give a sense of its force and unpleasant conditions. Nevertheless—indicating the artist’s sympathy for the working classes—the rider in the palanquin forces his bearers to continue uphill; only his clenched fist is visible under the protective yellow cover. The publisher’s name and the series title are on the umbrella.
Last Updated: 2/17/2011

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

History of Oriental Art , 1/7/1978 - 3/6/1978

The Road to Tokhaido , 10/29/1978 - 11/26/1978

Look.React.Engage: The Art of Collecting at Two San Diego Museums California Center for the Arts, Escondido , 5/6/2003 - 7/20/2003

Dreams and Diversions: 250 Years of Japanese Prints from the San Diego Museum of San Diego Museum of Art , 11/6/2010 - 6/5/2011

Visible Vaults The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/12/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Ms. Yu Sung. San Diego Museum of Art San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 68, Figure Number: 68

Dr. Caron Smith. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 64, Figure Number: 64

Andreas Marks and Dr. Sonya Quintanilla. Dreams and Diversions University of Washington Press. Seattle, WA, 2010
Page Number: 84-85, Figure Number: 68

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