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Color woodblock print of a woman and child on a veranda looking toward a dark landscape with figures holding an umbrella, calligraphy above.

Evening Rain at Nihonzutsumi, from Eight Fashionable Views of Edo

A woman in a patterned kimono stands on a veranda beside a child who gazes toward a night landscape with small figures and an umbrella. Upper text in calligraphy fills the sky, and a lantern hangs at the right edge. The color woodblock print uses flat areas of yellow, pink, and black.

Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Date
c. 1768/69
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2197 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1774).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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