Shono, Rainstorm, from The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road

A woodblock print shows travelers bent against a driving rainstorm on a sloping path lined with bushes and tall grass. Figures under oiled paper umbrellas lean into the wind, while slanting rain streaks the dark sky above a distant hillside.

Artist

Ando Hiroshige

Date

ca. 1834

Medium

Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 1979 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum