Driving Rain at Shōno, from Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō

1833 38 x 25.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.306

Utagawa Hiroshige’s design for this print captures the atmospheric qualities of rain and its effects on two groups of travelers. Three printing blocks were required to produce the three shades of gray used to suggest distance in the thickets of bamboo in the background. The pu...

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