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Picture of Light Rain on the Embankment of the Sumida River, from the series A New Selection of Famous Places in Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodblock print; rectangular image with a beige background. The scene depicts a riverbank with a body of water in the background. In the foreground, several trees with dark green foliage are present. Three individuals, two adults and a child, are walking on a path; the adults hold parasols. The adult in the back wears a blue garment; another individual stands under a structure with a blue pillar. A low wall runs along the riverbank; buildings and more trees are visible in the background. The sky transitions from dark to light; vertical black lines are scattered throughout. Japanese characters appear on an orange vertical rectangle and elsewhere on the image.

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900 × 556 px
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