Shono - #46 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

In the traditional Japanese woodblock print, travelers in straw hats and raincoats briskly walk along a slanted path during a torrential rainstorm, with large drops slashing across the landscape, exuding a sense of motion and the relentless forces of nature, while distant fields and trees are depicted through the rain.

In the traditional Japanese woodblock print, travelers in straw hats and raincoats briskly walk along a slanted path during a torrential rainstorm, with large drops slashing across the landscape, exuding a sense of motion and the relentless forces of nature, while distant fields and trees are depicted through the rain.

Name/Title

Shono - #46 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.41

Description

This print, along with #16 ”Kambara,” is considered one of the true masterpieces in the series. It dramatically portrays a violent rainstorm. The use of slanting sheets of rain is crucial to the composition and unusual.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, Landscape, Architecture, People
Ethnic

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date made

circa 1920

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

14 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

16 in

Width

21 in

Exhibitions

Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1975
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Muskegon Hackley Museum of Art: 1976
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1977
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1980
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1989
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Dordt College Gallery 6/28/04-10/16/04
Striking Impressions – Center Art Gallery January 7 - February 22, 2014