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Rain at the Togano Gate

Hasegawa Sadanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rain at the Togano Gate by Hasegawa Sadanobu: A Japanese landscape print depicting a mountainous scene with trees, buildings and a bridge. The scene shows a green slope on the right side and trees with orange leaves on the left. There are several buildings, including a stone wall structure and a pagoda-style roof in the center. Rain falls diagonally across the image. A body of water is visible in the background on the left. The sky transitions from blue at the top to yellow near the horizon. A vertical text block with Japanese characters is on the top right. A signature or seal is on the bottom right.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 413 px
Museum record:
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