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「墨水八景 橋場の夜の雨」
Night Rain at Hashiba (Hashiba no yoru no ame), from the series Eight Views of Inky Water (Bokusui hakkei)
「墨水八景 橋場の夜の雨」
Ippitsusai Bunchô (Japanese, active about 1765–1792)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1768–75 (late Meiwa–early An'ei)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.5 x 19.8 cm (10 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4697
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Bunchô list, #319.3; another print in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 49
Description"Inky water" is a joking reference to the Sumida River.
Signed
Ippitsusai Bunchô ga
一筆齊文調画
一筆齊文調画
Marks
Artist's seal: Mori uji
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.