1834
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
東海道五十三次・庄野 白雨|Sudden Shower at Shōno, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō is a 1834 ink by Utagawa Hiroshige, a Romanticism work, depicting Human Figure, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows four travelers caught in a sudden downpour. Two men in the foreground bend under yellow umbrellas, their clothes soaked. One carries a walking stick, and the other holds a bundle. A woman in a pink kimono and straw hat struggles with a large, tattered umbrella. The background is a dark, rain-soaked landscape with a river and trees. Notice how the rain is shown with quick, slanted lines—almost like it’s moving. The artist used simple shapes and bold colors to make the scene feel alive. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists create movement with lines.
Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤 徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.
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