Shono (Print #46 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image is a Japanese woodblock print showing a group of travelers, wearing traditional straw hats and coats, struggling against strong wind and rain on a sloping path surrounded by bending bamboo and distant mountains, capturing the essence of an Edo period journey.

The image is a Japanese woodblock print showing a group of travelers, wearing traditional straw hats and coats, struggling against strong wind and rain on a sloping path surrounded by bending bamboo and distant mountains, capturing the essence of an Edo period journey.

Name/Title

Shono (Print #46 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.46

Description

Rainstorm in the mountains; coolies carrying a kago, with a straw coat thrown over it, up the hill, and two others, one with an umbrella, rushing down. This plate depicts a group of travellers caught in a sudden summer thunderstorm and hurrying towards shelter.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, People, Landscape, Plants and Nature
Ethnic

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in