東海道五十三次 土山 春の雨, Spring Rain at Tsuchiyama, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, Edo period (1615–1868), 1834–35, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); W. 14 in. (35.6 cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)), Tsuchiyama—a travelers' station on the road known as the Tōkaidō, in the mountains just before the road ends at Kyoto— is famous for its rain, and rain is central to this print's composition. The gentle melancholy of a spring shower is suggested by delicate, crisscrossing vertical lines that subdue a daimyō procession
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東海道五十三次 土山 春の雨, Spring Rain, Tsuchiyama, series Fifty-three Stations, Tōkaidō, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1834–35, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 9 1/2, 24.1 cm, W, 14, 35.6, Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1797–1858, Tsuchiyama— travelers, station, road, mountains, road ends, Kyoto—, famous, rain, central, print, composition, gentle melancholy, spring shower, suggested, delicate, crisscrossing vertical, lines, subdue, daimyō procession
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