May Rain

Original Language Title五月雨の景

Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper

DimensionsOverall: 9 13/16 × 14 1/2 inches (24.92 × 36.83 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number32-143/216

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Japanese exhibition, The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, KS, March - April 1961.

Ukiyo-e: Japanese Prints from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Ikebana International Annual Exhibition, September 9 - November 22, 1992.

Flowers to Frost: Four Seasons in East Asian Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, January 18 - July 17, 2016.

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co.;

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.

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