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Japanese woodblock print of heavy rain falling over dark hills and green trees, with small figures on a path at lower left.

Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka

A color woodblock print shows heavy diagonal rain falling over dark, layered hills and a grove of green trees. Small figures and a cart walk along a path at lower left, beside a fence and a blue-roofed building.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
Date
1859
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2502 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1859).
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, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson

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