Tora's Rain (Oiso, Tora-ga-ame), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1834
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This rainy scene shows travelers entering the village of Oiso. The town is surrounded by pine trees which also decorate the water’s edge. “Tora-ga-ame” translates to “Tiger Rain” or “Tears of Tora.” The legend of Tora tells about a heroine of the famous Soga Story. She lived in the town of Oiso and turned into stone by her grief.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary Rutherford Jay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-134-9
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24 x 36.1 cm (9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in.)