Ukiyo-e Blues

Hiroshige, Ohashi in the Rain

Utagawa Hiroshige (after) 

Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake (大はしあたけの夕立Ōhashi atake no yūdachi)

Print on rice paper, 1912

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1912.3.1

Kyoto series 1

Utagawa Hiroshige

Cherry Trees in full bloom at Arashiyama (あらし山満花 Arashiyama manka) from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (京都名所之内 Kyôto meisho no uchi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1834

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1949.1.1

Kyoto series 2

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (金閣寺 Kinkaku-ji) from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (京都名所之内 Kyôto meisho no uchi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1834

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1949.1.2

Kyoto series 3

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Yodo River (淀川 Yodogawa) from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (京都名所之内 Kyôto meisho no uchi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1834

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1949.1.3

Kyoto series 4

Utagawa Hiroshige

Gion Shrine in the Snow (祇園社雪中 Gion-sha setchu) from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (京都名所之内 Kyôto meisho no uchi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1834

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1949.1.4

Kyoto series 7

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Willow Tree at the Gate of the Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (嶋原出口之柳 Shimabara deguchi no yanagi) from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (京都名所之内 Kyôto meisho no uchi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1834

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1949.1.7

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Enjoying the Cool of Evening on the Riverbed at Shijô (四条川原夕涼 Shijô-gawara yûsuzumi) from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (京都名所之内 Kyôto meisho no uchi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1834

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1949.1.6

Hiroshige, Shinobazu Pond

Utagawa Hiroshige

Shinobazu Pond at Ueno (上野不忍の池 Ueno Shinobazu no ike), from the series Famous Places in Edo (江都名所 Kôto meisho)

Woodblock print, ca. 1832

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 2010.9.5

Hiroshige, Wild Mallard in Snow

Utagawa Hiroshige

Mallard Duck and Snow Covered Reeds (雪中芦に鴨 Magamo to yuki Yoshi)

Woodblock print, ca. 1832

Collection of the New Bedford Free Public Library, 2010.3.155

Kamo naku ya
kaze fuki-shiwamu
mizu no omo

A duck quacks—
as the wind wrinkles
the face of the water

-Translated by JohnT. Carpenter