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Sudden Shower in Shōno

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print depicts a landscape with three men struggling up a hill in the rain. The men are barefoot and wearing loincloths. Two have round brown hats. One man holds a closed parasol, another a long spear. Rain falls diagonally across the image from the top-left corner. A dense brush forest sits on a hill on the right. A building roof sits atop the hill. A red stamp is on the bottom-left. Japanese characters appear vertically on the top-left and horizontally on the bottom-left. Gray clouds fill the top half.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1833–34
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 405 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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