Utagawa Hiroshige Bridge Ohashi and Atake in Sudden Shower, Woodblock with Frame Description Hiroshige has depicted here a summer shower over Ohashi Atake. It is well known that Van Gogh imitated this print in his oil painting. The vertically long composition emphasizes the speed of the heavy rainfall. The boathouses and other houses of Atake loom in silhouette in the fog on the opposite bank. This leaves one with the impression of heavy precipitation. The raft on the river serves as a clever compositional focal point. Quality Ukiyo-e Reproductions by the Adachi Institute are created based on select works from world-famous Ukiyo-e collections. First, the carver carves the woodblocks, faithfully replicating the original. Mountain cherry tree is used for the woodblocks, and the carver carefully chisels a woodblock for each color used in the print. It is intricate and time-consuming work that requires delicate sensibilities. When the carving is completed, the printer takes the woodblocks made separately for each color and prints them one color at the time, in the same way as the original. The printer uses washi, or handmade Japanese paper, and water-based pigment inks, which are also exactly the same as the original. The printer prepares the colors, anticipating how they will appear when they are printed. A master printer has the highly sophisticated skills, patience and sense of color required to make several hundred almost perfectly uniform prints in one printing run. -Print Size (cm) 33.8 21.7 cm / Paper Echizen Kizuki Hosho Washimade by Living National Treasure, Ichibei Iwano / Explanation Japanese and English -Frame Size 40.0 x 55.5 cm / Weight about 1.8kg / Frame material wooden (lacquered) / Surface acrylic (UV cut 70%) 100% Guaranteed My goal is to make your experience with me as stressfree as possible. Items that are faulty beyond the description given on our auction site, please contact me. 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed. However, customer who abuse's feedback system and leave a complaint before contacting me are not eligible for a refund. Important notice We guarantee all the displayed items are authentic, and there are no pirated or illegally copied items. Please feel reassured. If you have made two or more successful bids, we combine those items. We package and seal those successfully bid items properly when dispatching. International Buyers - Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.