Evening Scene in Tokyo: Woman with Umbrella on Bridge / Takahashi Hiroaki
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- Accession Number
- 1991/2.112
- Title
- Evening Scene in Tokyo: Woman with Umbrella on Bridge
- Artist
- Takahashi Hiroaki
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1871-1944
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1920-1940
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kanto (region)
- Tokyo (metropolis)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kanto (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Tokyo (metropolis)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Millard Pryor in Memory of Mary S. Pryor
- Inscription
- The title, yu agari ("after the bath") is inscribed in the lower left hand corner of the print, just above a seal with the artist's name, Hiroaki.
- Dimensions
- 38 cm x 17 cm (14 15/16 in. x 6 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- A woman who just got out of a public bath is crossing a bridge and trying to protect herself with an umbrella from the wind and rain of a sudden yûdachi. She uses one hand to keep her kimono decorated with fishing net and sea anemone patterns from flying open, and carries a soap pouch in her mouth. Three swallows fly above. The title, yu agari ("after the bath") is inscribed in the lower left hand corner of the print, just above a seal with the artist's name, Hiroaki.
- Subject Matter
- One of the delights of summer in Japan is the phenomenon of yûdachi, sudden squalls that rise in the evening, bringing welcome relief from the intense heat of day. In this evocative scene, a woman who just got out of a public bath is trying to protect herself from wind and rain with an umbrella. Other clues to the season are swallows in the sky (associated with summer in Japan) and fishing net and sea anemone patterns in the woman’s kimono.
- Takahashi Hiroaki created many prints for export to Europe and America. In this print, he adopted the overall composition from one of Andô Hiroshige’s prints, but he has subtly heightened the erotic flavor by making the woman both more vulnerable to the elements and lovely by conventional western standards.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 623 x 1323
- File Size
- 79 KB
- Record
- 1991/2.112
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"Evening Scene in Tokyo: Woman with Umbrella on Bridge; Takahashi Hiroaki." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.112/1991_2.112.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.