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Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.03
Description
A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are g…
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
25 x 36 cm
Description
A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are going downhill. Rooftops in right foreground. Silhouettes of trees, three rows, go from top right to centre left. More trees in immediate foreground.
Subject
landscape
Shono
figure
group
activity
walking
rain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.03
Images
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1987
Medium
type C - print on photographic paper
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.05
Description
In the center center there is a very large rock that extends out in a v shape to each side and then in again to the top center. In the bottom third of the photograph is another rock with the lower half of a female figure entering the frame from the bottom and about to step on the rocks. The womans …
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Artist
Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1987
Medium
type C - print on photographic paper
Dimensions
50.6 x 40.5 cm
Description
In the center center there is a very large rock that extends out in a v shape to each side and then in again to the top center. In the bottom third of the photograph is another rock with the lower half of a female figure entering the frame from the bottom and about to step on the rocks. The womans shoe is black with a strap in the front, her sock is white, her skirt is blue and the rest black. In the tr corner and in the tl corner are two more large rocks.
Subject
activity
stepping
figure
female
landscape
rocks
Credit
Gift of Barb Spohr, Calgary, 1996
Catalogue Number
SpB.18.05
Images
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Yokkaichi, Mie River, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.02
Description
A waterfront scene. A breakwater runs from left bottom corner to the right and off it is a brown plank bridge. A bald-headed man in blue is chasing a yellow hat to the left bottom corner on the breakwater, another person is on the bridge, he has on a yellow coat and light orange hat. A lone bushy b…
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Yokkaichi, Mie River, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
25 x 36 cm
Description
A waterfront scene. A breakwater runs from left bottom corner to the right and off it is a brown plank bridge. A bald-headed man in blue is chasing a yellow hat to the left bottom corner on the breakwater, another person is on the bridge, he has on a yellow coat and light orange hat. A lone bushy branched tree is in centre of picture, a row of reeds runs through centre of picture, some brown topped houses are to left centre. Dark royal blue and green lower part of picture, aqua marine in centre, blue sky line. A stripe of red/brown runs along top of picture.
Subject
landscape
river
Mie River
figure
male
activity,running
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.02
Images
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