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Rain of the Fifth Month (Samidare)

Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese landscape with a tree in the center. A person holds an umbrella on the left, and a horse and child are under the tree on the right. The background features a green hill, buildings, and mountains. The scene shows rain falling. A woman in yellow and red walks on a path on the left side. A person in red sits on a red bridge behind the tree. A child stands next to a horse drinking from a stream. The stream runs along the bottom left.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 424 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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