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Maker(s):Hiroshige II
Culture:Japanese (1826 - 1869)
Title:Paulownia Plantation in Rain, Akasaka, No. 48, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date Made:circa 1859
Type:Print
Materials:woodcut printed in color on paper
Place Made:Japan
Measurements:sheet: 13 x 8 1/2 in.; 33.02 x 21.59 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature: -- Hiroshige ga
Accession Number:  SC 1968.405
Credit Line:The Margaret Rankin Barker - Isaac Ogden Rankin Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker (Margaret Clark Rankin, class of 1908)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Woods in background with mist and falling rain, figures bottom left walking with umbrellas; trees; river. This design is by Hiroshige II and replaced the original No. 48, a different view of Paulowina Plantation. It was added to original set of 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' after Hiroshige's death in 1858. It is thought that the original block for No. 48 was lost or destroyed.

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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