Created exclusively for the exhibition Japanese Prints in Transition at the Legion of Honor, this magnet is the perfect way to enjoy art in your home everyday. Featuring Utagawa Hiroshige, Evening Rain at Atake on the Great Bridge, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1857. Made in the USA. Measures 3.5 x 2.5 in.

 

Featuring selections from the permanent collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Japanese Prints in Transition: From the Floating World to the Modern World documents the shift from delicately colored ukiyo-e of actors, courtesans, and scenic views to brightly colored modern images of Western architecture, technology (railroad trains, steam-powered ships, telegraph lines), Victorian fashion and custom, and modern military warfare.