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Evening Rain in Azuma Wood

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Evening Rain in Azuma Wood by Utagawa Hiroshige: A landscape with a river or body of water along the bottom. The water is blue and green. A dirt path runs along the left side. A person carries an umbrella on the path. There are several trees scattered along the path and on a grassy hill. There are two oxen on the path. In the background, there is a body of water with a torii gate on the right. There are hills in the background. The sky is gray with rain. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the left and horizontally across the top. The print has a beige border with rounded corners. The border has darker beige and brown spots and marks.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1838
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 388 px
Museum record:
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