Sudden Shower over Shin-Ôhashi Bridge and Atake

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Sudden Shower over Shin-Ôhashi Bridge and Atake

copy after Utagawa Hiroshige
(1797 - 1858)
artist

Object Type

Print

Medium

Woodcut on paper

Date

1857

Dimensions

336.55 x 215.9 mm (block)

Accession Number

1111.383.1

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