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Edo prints

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	Design:	Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
	Title:	Night Rain at Matsuchiyama
	Series title:	Eight Views of the Eastern Capital
	Size:	24.0 x 35.0 cm (ōban)
	Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Originally published by Fujiokaya Hikotarō ca. 1835-1838. This reproduction published by Adachi in Tokyo in the 1970s.

This is a view of the west-bank of the Sumida river in Edo. On the left we see Shōden shrine on top of Matsuchiyama hill, located in Asakusa just south of the San’yabori canal and Imado bridge crossing the mouth of this canal; the San’yabori canal and Imado bridge are visible in the middle of the print. Shōden shrine still exists today. For recent pictures I took of the shrine, please have a look at my other website here.

Black artist’s signature at the top right of print area:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
廣	hiro	broad
重	shige	heavy	Picture by
画	ga	picture	Hiroshige

Black series title at the left of the artist’s signature:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
東	tō	east
都	to	capital
八	hachi	eight	Eight views of
景	kei	view	the Eastern capital

Black print title at the left of the series title:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
真	ma	truth
乳	chi	breast
夜	ya	night	Night Rain
雨	u	rain	at Matsuchiyama

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Provenance: Mokuhankan